We flew to Baltimore, and the kids were really good. This was Parker's first flight and he didn't seem to notice a difference. :) We had a 2 hour layover in Baltimore, which seemed like it would be forever, but ended up being a good amount of time. We weren't in any rush to go from gate to gate, and we could feed the kids lunch. Parker even took a power nap!
First stop... Baltimore!
Then, we flew to Buffalo. It was a pretty short flight, but Parker got a little restless. Buffalo was a small, easy airport to navigate around, thank goodness. We picked up our rental car and drove onto Niagara Falls!
We went to the Niagara Falls State Park, which is on the American side. The Canadian Side of the falls is supposed to be the "better" view, but is more commercialized and not as easy to get to with kids. The American side is more natural, inside a park, and easy to get to. So, we went with easy! Wow, Niagara Falls is incredible! It's just a slow-moving river, and then you start to see some rapids, and then BAM!... the falls. The kids really enjoyed seeing them, too. It was very cool to witness.
The tall buildings you see are on the Canadian side.
You can take a boat ride and go really close to the falls.
After Niagara Falls, we headed to Toronto! It was supposed to be about an hour-and-a-half drive, but we hit some pretty bad traffic, so it was a little over 2 hours. Stephen was a trooper and drove while the 4 of us konked out!
Arriving at the border. They actually let us in!
Sleepy kids!
Arriving in Toronto!
We got to our hotel, checked in, and got all our luggage in the room. Then, we walked to a very nearby mall, ate dinner, and walked around.
Dinner at a place called Mr. GreenJeans.
Eaton Centre Mall.
It was a late night for the kids, but their naps were really late, so we all stayed up later than normal and they handled it okay. The kids finally went to sleep. Onto Day 2!
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