Last weekend we took the Flying Scotsman down to Niagara Falls for three nights. We needed to pop over the border to get prescriptions filled at Wal Mart and hit the closest Camping World for some supplies that we didn’t initially have with us. We stayed in a Campark park which was very nice. We had decent water pressure which makes a shower more enjoyable. Here in Meaford at the marina, we don’t have water hookup so must rely on the onboard pump which generates an adequate stream … but that’s about it, so a full pressure water hookup is super. The park had lots of things to do for the kiddies, as usual, but an additional perk was a breakfast buffet for $5.50. This is a shot of Niagara on the lake a little village of about 14000 about 10 miles north of Niagra Falls. While Niagara Falls represents the honeymoon and kitsch capital of the north like Vegas, NOTL as it is known is an upscale wine region with an affluent clientele.

We are always looking at the other means of RV'ing and naturally comparing our rig to others. This one did better than most however. Here’s a rig that’s a bit over 40 feet long, pulling a trailer which is about 25 feet long. In the trailer was the white SUV you can see behind it after the guy lowered the ramp and off-loaded the car. He then proceeded to pressure wash the car from a hookup inside the “garage.” The inside of the trailer had tool bays all around and had a neat space for the stainless outdoor grill you see beside the RV. Now that’s camping!

Here's a couple more shots of NOTL on a pretty Saturday. There's folks selling cowboy hats ...

There was an old functional steam tractor that chugged and steamed and must have weighed 50000 pounds ... by the way it sank into the street.

This is Fort Niagara on the US side as seen from the Canadian side and shows why because it was so close that the Canadians moved their capital up to Toronto to be out of gun range of these guys.

Bottom line is that Niagra on the lake is a wonderful place with some really great scenery and once you have seen the falls, then you can branch out to places like this. Difference .... hotels in the Falls are around a normal 100-150 a night and here they are 300 or so ... the price for quaint. Our campsite was 30 bucks.

We're back in the marina in Meaford now until next Thursday when we think we will pull up the jacks and move west across Canada.