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08/22/2004 Archived Entry: "Toronto, ON and Niagara Falls -- Again!"

For the second week in a row (first week of August), I took a teen group to Canada for a week -- actually a five day trip -- of touring Niagara Falls and Toronto, Ontario, Canada. We covered many of the same places as the teen group last week -- the Falls area plus Skylon Tower, whirlpool jet boat ride, the Playdium in Mississauga, Canada's Wonderland, and a Blue Jays baseball game at the Skydome in Toronto. It had been raining earlier in the day of the Jays game, but just before game time the skies cleared, and they opened the roof of the SkyDome, revealing a beautiful view of the CN Tower next door -- see the photo above left, taken from our seats in the SkyDome.

Bus parking at the SkyDome is the most convenient I've seen at any major league stadium -- it's literally just across the street. The photo above right shows my motorcoach parked in the bus parking area (I was one of the first to arrive that day). Following the game, the yellow trusses are moved and you can drive right out of the parking area -- couldn't be much easier! It's not inexpensive, though -- parking was $40 Canadian ($31 US at the time I was there) -- the most I've paid to park at a game, with the exception of Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY, where I paid $40 US.