Roetastic: Windsor to Niagara Falls and onwards ...

A: Windsor B/C: Niagara Falls D: Wellesley Island Border Crossing

So the morning after arriving in Windsor we explored what little it had to offer us. After not finding much we decided to hit the road again. We were heading to Niagara Falls this time and not only to see the famed falls but to go visit a water park, which has a resident Orca. Ok before I get hate mail which I always love along with all that penis enlargement and viagra ads. I do not support them keeping such a big animal in such a small pool. However while it is in captivity I would love to see one up close as it would possibly be the only time I would get the opportunity to do so. I would also fully support any protest for this Orca to be released into the wild if it's not to late to do so. Anyhow skipping ahead we never did get to go to the park as it was closed for the winter, we are however planning a trip there very soon.

We continued north east towards the falls passing through a town bearing the name of Hamilton. For those playing in New Zealand you might get why we found driving through this town funny, a few 'I feel itchy" jokes might have been cracked. We finally reached Niagara Falls, ON and our luxurious Comfort Inn. It was one of the nicest hotels we stayed in on our trip and was all possible thanks to our nice friend we made at the Comfort Inn back in America. It was right in downtown Niagara Falls or what I assume to be downtown however to get to the falls was about a 15 - 20min walk down a steep hill which my newly acquire 'Fat American Ass' did not enjoy. We went down to the falls both during the day and the night. The day time wasn't that flash really it was too misty and with it being winter the sun wasn't out either. The night viewing was pretty cool as they turn on pretty coloured lights and shined them onto both the American side and the Canadian side.

I was told not to bother with going to the American side as you can see both the American Falls and the Canadian Falls from the Canadian side. This is true you get a way better view from Canada, however anyone going there should do both side. It is only really a 15min ride across a bridge to the USA side plus the time spend at customs and I think the American side got more of a park feel to the whole thing since it is surround by state park land. Where the Canadian side is just next to the road. The Canadian Niagara Falls Town is waaaay better then the American town though.

So after visiting the American side of Niagara Falls we decided to drive through New York State to get to Montreal. From memory it was actually a shorter way to go for us and we get to see a little bit more of America. I kept seeing these road signs that had a little buggy on it which turns out means there is Amish around these neck of the woods. Unfortunately we never saw any Amish which was a massive disappointment to me (New York State you disappoint me).

Horseshoe Falls

We finally reached the border between the USA and Canada on Wellesley Island late in the afternoon. The answer is yes for those of you who have been paying attention we did enter the USA in the morning and less the 24 hours later we left it. We got an obvious French Canadian Border guy now you might say it is expected if you're heading to Montreal. Well we didn't expect this as we where entering Ontario again. He grilled us for the next 15min on everything including why we have British Colombian Plates and if we are staying in Quebec if we will change it. My response was um no I still have like 11months of insurance left on this puppy so maybe after that. Then he questioned where we were staying and what our status in Canada was if we where visitors or permanent residence. My response was well we have a working Holiday Visa which allows us to work in Canada. He didn't take to kindly to this response and replied with an angry "I know this but are you permanent or not." At this point I really felt like saying "how the fuck should I know your the customs guy isn't this your fucking job". He also was very concerned that Kim and I arrived a month apart in Canada. All I have to say about him is what a fucking douche bag. But in the end he had no reason to keep us and not allow us entry into Canada even if he didn't want us to come back in. We quickly head away from the border and his angry French ways and hoping that he wasn't the norm for what is French Canada.

Anyhow till tomorrows .... (PS There is some Photos below of stuffs)