Ferry Ride

The ferry ride was worth the wait, firstly because we had so much fund waiting in South Baymouth, secondly because it's just fun to ride a ferry. It turns out that dogs are only allowed in this one little dog-ghetto, where they have to sit outside on the doggy deck, which is dark and cold. Also turns out it's okay for dogs to ride in the car, so after some time riding on our bench together, we brought Sandy back to the car on the car-deck, and we got to go inside to have lunch and play some arcade games. Then up on the top deck to look through our binoculars and obsessively take pictures of gulls in flight (why is it so hard to take a good picture of a bird?)

We arrived in Tobermory by 3:30, and on the advice of the nice folks at the coffee shop where we had breakfast (especially a 10 year old boy who knows what's fun for kids) we decided to go straight to Niagra Fall, where we were assured there was lots of fun stuff for kids. (Apparently looking at vistas and going on walks is not where it is at).

We found a hotel right in "fallsview" (the tourist area- it even says it on signs). The hotel is huge -- so big the lobby is in another building. It's very 1970s, brown and boxy in design, but all the carpets are new, and the room is HUGE. We have a balcony you can even go out on (amazing view of the parking lot and 3 billboards) but most importantly it's walking distance to the falls. It's weird to be in the middle of this swirling sea of people after being on rural tributaries for so long.