Our trip resumed- NY to Toronto

This sign on the streets of Toronto summed up the weather we had encountered so far.

NIAGARA: OK I have to admit I thought this would be a dignified national monument with the park rangers in those snappy Smokey the Bear uniforms but the area is actually quite cheesy. Everyone has some version of a roadside stand hawking shiny plastic things & those off grain Tshirts with the printing that crackles & peels after a tumble in the dryer. Even though the water is awesome, you have to pay to get to all these different viewing areas. One must remember that this is NY & even their Interstate rest stops are commercial. (Michigan had some fabulously free & clean rest areas BTW.)





Instead of spending the $$$ for the Maid of the Mist boat tour & rain slicker we decided to spray paint a tour logo on our own Hefty bags. Here are the real maids of the mist.






TORONTO: Think San Francisco with a lot of french signs. Well, San Francisco with a Fresno heat wave AND a garbage strike. Had tres delish designer burgers at Craftburger. Gorgonzola & chipotle. Those Canadians love their beef. PmaK humored me with a walk to -hold your breath- MY FIRST YARN SHOP VISIT ON THIS TRIP!! Bought some Nova Scotia (keeping with the Canadian theme) hand dyed sport weight at Knit Cafe. Magnifique! The next morning brought us to the Kensington area where we had breakfast at Moonbeam. They, unlike Etoilebucks served a London Fog latte that they called "London fog" knowing that we English/American Lit majors like our food names to be metaphorical.







Latte, PmaK's Toronto Chinatown $4 (Canadian) purchase, & a polka-dotted row house ala the Haight, non? Due to the sensitivities of certain readers the image of the dead rat on the sidewalk will not been posted.