Somewhere Over the Rainbow...

This past weekend Dave and I went to Niagara Falls for a romantic evening of love and laughter...okay, not really for love but we did have a lot of laughs and a great time. This was only Dave's second time to the falls, the last time he was only about 13. Growing up playing fastball we always played in the Teddy Bear tournament there and always stayed at the top of Clifton Hill - lot's of great memories and I love going back.

Saturday started out a little rough with Dave coming home that morning not feeling 100% after a night with the boys but he pulled his stuff together and we were on the road by about 1pm. We got to our swanky accomodations - the Cadillac Motel just in time to watch the rest of the Jays game and have a quick nap. The motel really was first class, complete with baby blue fixtures in the washroom with pink and black tiles and lovely brown shag in the room with wood paneling on the walls. It was cheap and we weren't feeling the heart-shaped jacuzzi so it worked out just fine for us.

We had reservations at the Skylon Tower in the revolving dining room for 5pm - it was a very nice meal and we enjoyed looking at everything from above - the view of the falls was beautiful and we saw a lot of rainbows (of course!). After dinner we walked down to the falls and then journeyed "behind the falls". The rain coats were lovely, we got wet but it was really neat to be down there and get to look at the small portals about 1/3 into the falls. After we walked back up and decided to check out the 3D/4D History of the Falls movie - what a complete waste of time. The acting was terrible, the water squirted onto your face was the 4D effect and the story was brutal. 20 minutes was way too much to handle so I would definitely recommend this to anyone (obviously!). We took a walk through the casino (which was beautiful), spent $10 on slots in less than 5 minutes and then walked down Clifton Hill checking out the hot spots ending back at the falls to see them at night with the lights. We were tired from all of the walking so called it an early night and enjoyed watching Finding Nemo back in the room (it was one of the five channels we got)!

Sunday we went to Nightmares (my favourite thing to do in Niagara Falls) and eventhough it was the middle of the day and there weren't other people around helping to add to the ambiance we still had a great time. They take photos now as you go through and we looked great - Dave had a somewhat scared look on his face and I was laughing - the guy pointed out that was kinda strange but I guess I just enjoy being scared and get a good laugh out of it. I had a wax hand made (which was really cool) at Ripley's Wax Works (or something like that) and then we headed home in time to see the 9th inning of the Jays game and Dustin McGowan almost get a no-no.

All in all a terrific weekend...slow starting but well worth the wait.