Earlier this week Liz had expressed interest in getting out of the city, but had no particular destination in mind. Being ever the well traveled Ontarian, I suggested several grand places in this fair province of our. Places such as the majestic town of Pickering, the hallowed halls of Oshawa, the auspicious township of Waterloo, amongst other destinations. In the end we settled on the always scenic Niagara Falls, since it seemed a little more exciting than the other places... no offence to the 'shawa kids in the house : P
Besides I promised Liz I'd teach her my award wining casino busting techniques, the ones that in the past have allowed me to DOUBLE my money. So we needed a casino hosting city such as Niagara to do that. So to the Falls we went.
We left work last night, promptly at 8 o'clock. After going home to quickly change, and get ready (well not really quickly, you know how girls are with their hair and such [took forever! {...I might get my ass kicked for this comment!}]), we eventually manged to leave for our destination.
I believe we arrived there around 10:30 to 11:00pm not quite sure. We made great time there since there's no traffic on the QEW that late at night. As a side note, the trip totalled 288KM and we used 17L of gas which if we do 288/17 = 16.94L per KM, which is not at all bad considering my old car would have probably needed 3 refills on the way there, since it was so horrible with it's fuel consumption.
Once at the Falls, and a parking spot was secured, we decided to go for a walk by the Falls before going to the Casino. The Clifton Hill area we walked through on the way to the Falls was far too crowded, and full of rowdy people. So a nice walk far away from the crowds was indeed the better idea.
And a nice walk it was. We took the path along the falls, all the way down the superior Canadian section of the Niagara Falls. Stopping along the way, of course, to admire the scenery and aromas (from the botanical gardens *cough*). We spent a couple of hours wandering, sitting, and exploring amongst the gardens and pathways of the area. We spent such a long time there, that they eventually shut the lights off on us! There was an upside to being there that late into the night, and that would be that there were no people around. We had the whole place to ourselves, which was quite nice.
By the time we headed back into the downtown area, it was near 3am, and the street was much less busy than when we got there. Most shops were closing up, but luckily for us, the haunted house was not!
She was a hesitant at first, but after some slight trepidation, Liz mustered up her nerves and agreed to go in.
Entering the house, we screwed up almost immediately. We ended up going through the whole place backwards. Which actually worked out in Liz's favour, since a lot of the traps and sensors were missing us until we went passed the scary parts of the rooms. The few parts where they did get us, she was quite brave though.
I can attest to the fact that she did not draw much blood, or at least the scars left on my hands don't appear to be too deep (from her nails digging into my arm [is the imagery I'm trying to convey]). Poor thing was shaking a bit, and event got a little flushed, it was the most adorable thing ever. But she did not get nearly as scared as the couple that crossed our path in there. The girl in that couple was completely freaking out, and we could hear her yells from the other end of the house. So in those regards, Liz was quite the brave trooper... in those regards.
The coolest part of the house, was this creepy mirrored maze. It had strobe lights going off, and creepy sound effects coming from everywhere, and infinite mirror tunnels happening wherever you looked, it was very surreal and freaky. Walking into walls sucks! Not that I have much experience, doing that...
After surviving the Haunted House, we decided to call it a night, since it was nearing 4am, and some of us had to be up for work in 5 hours. The drive back, seemed relatively quick, we saw two very bad car accidents on the QEW. But no one seemed to be badly hurt in either one, so that was good.
When we finally arrived in Toronto the sky was getting light, which did not bode well for my 9am wakeup call. It was 4:50am when I dropped Liz off at home, 14min later I arrived at my place, where I proceeded to pass out.
I had a feeling, that I'd be hurting from that lack of sleep in the morning, and I really am. I have a headache, and need to hookup some sort of coffee intravenous apparatus. But it was well worth it, I'd totally do it again next weekend ; )
**images courtesy images.google (full picture)
Besides I promised Liz I'd teach her my award wining casino busting techniques, the ones that in the past have allowed me to DOUBLE my money. So we needed a casino hosting city such as Niagara to do that. So to the Falls we went.
We left work last night, promptly at 8 o'clock. After going home to quickly change, and get ready (well not really quickly, you know how girls are with their hair and such [took forever! {...I might get my ass kicked for this comment!
I believe we arrived there around 10:30 to 11:00pm not quite sure. We made great time there since there's no traffic on the QEW that late at night. As a side note, the trip totalled 288KM and we used 17L of gas which if we do 288/17 = 16.94L per KM, which is not at all bad considering my old car would have probably needed 3 refills on the way there, since it was so horrible with it's fuel consumption.
Once at the Falls, and a parking spot was secured, we decided to go for a walk by the Falls before going to the Casino. The Clifton Hill area we walked through on the way to the Falls was far too crowded, and full of rowdy people. So a nice walk far away from the crowds was indeed the better idea.
And a nice walk it was. We took the path along the falls, all the way down the superior Canadian section of the Niagara Falls. Stopping along the way, of course, to admire the scenery and aromas (from the botanical gardens *cough*). We spent a couple of hours wandering, sitting, and exploring amongst the gardens and pathways of the area. We spent such a long time there, that they eventually shut the lights off on us! There was an upside to being there that late into the night, and that would be that there were no people around. We had the whole place to ourselves, which was quite nice.
By the time we headed back into the downtown area, it was near 3am, and the street was much less busy than when we got there. Most shops were closing up, but luckily for us, the haunted house was not!
She was a hesitant at first, but after some slight trepidation, Liz mustered up her nerves and agreed to go in.
Entering the house, we screwed up almost immediately. We ended up going through the whole place backwards. Which actually worked out in Liz's favour, since a lot of the traps and sensors were missing us until we went passed the scary parts of the rooms. The few parts where they did get us, she was quite brave though.
I can attest to the fact that she did not draw much blood, or at least the scars left on my hands don't appear to be too deep (from her nails digging into my arm [is the imagery I'm trying to convey]). Poor thing was shaking a bit, and event got a little flushed, it was the most adorable thing ever. But she did not get nearly as scared as the couple that crossed our path in there. The girl in that couple was completely freaking out, and we could hear her yells from the other end of the house. So in those regards, Liz was quite the brave trooper... in those regards.
The coolest part of the house, was this creepy mirrored maze. It had strobe lights going off, and creepy sound effects coming from everywhere, and infinite mirror tunnels happening wherever you looked, it was very surreal and freaky. Walking into walls sucks! Not that I have much experience, doing that...
After surviving the Haunted House, we decided to call it a night, since it was nearing 4am, and some of us had to be up for work in 5 hours. The drive back, seemed relatively quick, we saw two very bad car accidents on the QEW. But no one seemed to be badly hurt in either one, so that was good.
When we finally arrived in Toronto the sky was getting light, which did not bode well for my 9am wakeup call. It was 4:50am when I dropped Liz off at home, 14min later I arrived at my place, where I proceeded to pass out.
I had a feeling, that I'd be hurting from that lack of sleep in the morning, and I really am. I have a headache, and need to hookup some sort of coffee intravenous apparatus. But it was well worth it, I'd totally do it again next weekend ; )
**images courtesy images.google (full picture)
