Soon after Shea came to join me in London when I started my Masters degree in January 2006, we rented a car and like the good tourists we were, headed for Niagara Falls.
Going to the falls in mid-winter seems strange but someone (a classmate?) had tipped us off that they’re actually really beautiful in the winter and that proved to be true. (Contrary to the photo below, they’re also very safe. The mist of the falls freezes on the rails and barriers but the walkways are fairly clean – I think they may even be heated?)
And actually, come to think of it – Niagara Falls wasn’t even our initial destination that day. We had rented a car for the weekend and were heading somewhere else closer but less well-known. So, on a spur-of-the-moment as we drove the opposite way of the Falls out of London, we decided to drive to the Falls which was something like a 2.5 hour drive, even if you were pointed in the right direction to begin with!
I still remember a lot of Ontario-based classmates being surprised that we’d do such a long drive but I explained that in Saskatchewan, where the nearest major city to Regina is 2.5 hours away, that’s not a big deal!
(We did end up having to buy toques at the Niagara Falls gift shop which I thought was pretty funny in terms of souvenirs!) 
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