Tuesday, June 16, 2009 – Day 19

Citypass is a great value for anyone visiting the city of Toronto. With these passes you can visit up to 5 attractions for one low price and they are among the city's best attractions too. Although we did have a limited amount of time we were able to visit 3 of the 5 popular attractions for families.

Parking a 31 Foot RV in Toronto
The Royal Ontario Museum (or as Torontonians call it the ROM) was our first stop. After looking for parking I decided I had better drop off my family otherwise it may be too late for us to see anything. I was driving our motorhome in downtown Toronto and as you can possibly imagine,...

Monday, June 15, 2009 – Day 18

As part of our cross Canada adventure we let our kids pick out one amusement park to visit. They selected Canada's Wonderland in Toronto. We did enjoy ourselves but found that the old rides were very jerky and bumpy and left most of us with a headache. Of the many roller coasters, the Beamouth was the smoothest and tallest drop roller coaster in the park and we saved that ride for the last.

Septic Mishap – Phew!
After an exhausting amusement park day I was ready for an early night's sleep.

We found a campground in a suburb of Toronto and quickly got...

Sunday, June 14, 2009 – Day 17

We spent the morning in a local friendly multicultural church. It was amazing to see the variety of cultures that gather in Toronto. It definitely gave us a flavour on what to expect in what is said to be one of North America's most diversely cultural cities.


In the afternoon the people we came to visit were not home and so we decided to relax in a nearby park. We used our GPS from GPSCentral.ca to help us locate Edward Gardens which was recommended to us by some locals at church. We brought a blanket and a lunch and enjoyed a few hours reading travel books...

Saturday, June 13, 2009 – Day 16

Niagara Falls
First thing in the morning the kids were up and ready to visit Niagara Falls. They wanted to get out of the RV and see for themselves the famous waterfalls that they had seen from the window the day before.

I drove to Niagara Falls and dropped off the family at the far end above the falls so that they could all walk past the falls to where everyone stops to take pictures in front of the picturesque front face. In the meantime I set off to park the vehicle with the youngest two kids who were a bit tired and not ready to walk the 2 km.

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Toronto is the central airline hub of Canada. It is also the business centre of Canada where much of the country's commerce takes place. Chances are you will not fly over Toronto, but rather will fly via or to Toronto. The city sprawls out quite a distance when looking at the Greater Toronto area.


The airport terminals are spacious with shops and restaurants open well into the evening. After collecting your baggage you exit the terminal buildings where there is a wide variety of transportation options. There are the conveniently located car rentals, taxi cabs, prearranged limo services or the less expensive and less direct Airport Express. The Airport Express shuttle service buses passengers from the airport to major downtown...