4th of July....Canadian style

Gary and I took a little trip to Niagara Falls over July 4th, alone. We thought it would be good to get away (alone) and it came with a bonus photo op for me. Thanks to our moms who watched our kids while we were out playing, alone.

Here are some of the pics from our trip. View from Skylon Tower of the American and Canadian Falls.

The weather was a perfect 76 degrees and mostly sunny...which, combined with the mist of the falls, made some cool rainbows.

So, I'm leaning over the edge of this wall taking a picture of the daisies above and Gary says, look down.....yikes, little black snakes slithering around!

The brink of the falls...Canadian Horseshoe Falls. We also did the "Journey Behind the Falls" on the Canadian side, which was pretty neat and very misty.
We managed to get a pretty good spot for the fireworks. Of course, after seeing the snakes, this girl wasn't going to be sitting in the grass. So I thought we had great seats on a concrete wall next to a walking path. Which turned out to be a good thing because it got so crowded I would not have been able to see over everyone.

We could see most of Buffalo's fireworks and they were great! We wished we would've been at their fireworks instead! They lasted a good 30 minutes or so.
The Niagara fireworks, weren't bad. They just didn't last as long (maybe 10 minutes) nor did they have a grand finale. M-ville's are better. Turns out, Canada just isn't into July 4th and Independence Day like us Americans are... go figure!!

All in all, it was a very nice getaway. We even stopped at a winery on the way home and did some tasting and purchasing...for G's mom's favorite vino...which was a real chore tasting all the different wines. She's so lucky she has us to do this awful favor for her. :)

I hope you had a nice 4th too. Thanks to all the servicemen and women and veterans that make July 4th, our Independence Day, so meaningful.

Does anyone have any special 4th of July traditions or did anyone do anything different this year?