Falls, Balls and Friends

Arrived in Detroit on Saturday. Did not see much in the Detroit area but the bowling alley and the hotel. The city that the tournament was held in had organizations paint bowling pins along the path going to the center but discovered when we had the pictures developed...no one got a picture of any of them. I was the driver so was a little difficult for me. We did get to see all the professional womens bowlers..those you see on TV every once in a while. That was pretty cool...they bowl the Queens Tournamnent on the Friday we left to come back. This is me and my doubles partner..I am the one with the red hair(gift from my Dad) and a bowler named Trish Johnson. Love, love... mine and Violetta (vi-O- lee-ta) bowling shirts.....they are Mickey Mouse and have our names on the front....bowling shirts are cool....

Can't take pictures during the tournament but this is practice. Form is pretty good but bowling was not great.....still had fun.



Went to Niagara Falls and it was one of the most spectacular sites I have seem. We stayed in a motel right across from the Falls so you could see them out our window. Had a balcony with iron grates across it so you could open the door and look out. WOW...we left the door opened all night so we could hear the falls (11th floor) and turned the heater on in the room because it was in the 30's at night.

Could not ride the Maid of the Mist ( the boat that takes you do right next to the Horsehoe Falls) because it did not run until May 15th. We did get to go under the falls through a tunnel and look out......so very cool ( literally). The temp dropped probably 5-10 degrees by the water.


Rode a 30 ft ferris wheel-enclosed- that gave you a bird eye view of Niagara and Buffalo, NY..right across the lake.


Ate in the Rain Forest Cafe with our Safaria Guide and the creatures. Had to try on the local hatters goods and thought we struck quite a pose. Had to coach some of the girls but like I told them...we will never see these people again and the kids that took the pictures got a big kick out of it. Food was excellent.....




Our next stop was the CN Tower in Toronto. It is the tallest free standing building in the world. It is 447 meters tall...that's 147 stories. About 345 meters up they have a restaurant ..in the round part of the tower..but we could not eat there cause 2 of the ladies would not go up.

About 130 stories they have a glass floor that you can look down and see the ground. I was the first to venture out and coaxed the other 3....two of them are afraid of highs...hey it is only 130 stories...beside the fall will not hurt you...it is that sudden stop at the bottom.......no humor!!!!!!!!
The elevator that takes you down the 137 stories is on the outside of the building and takes only 58 seconds to get to the bottom floor.
All in all we had a great trip ...on the way back me and Violetta ungraded to Business class which was really cool for only $ 40. So well worth the money to set up there with the big boys and not in the cheap seats.....plane was full so we each had a big seat for the flight home......RENO HEAR WE COME......APRIL 2009