Friday, August 23, 2013

Niagara Falls KOA ON

We got away from the house around 11 am.  Stopped in Penetanguishene ON for some groceries and then continued South on Hwy 93.

We drove past Orr Lake.

7539 Hwy 93 Orr Lake 7535 Hwy 93 Orr Lake

Continuing South on 93, we then got onto the Southbound 400 Hwy.  Heading through Barrie ON.

7548 Hwy 400 Barrie

The traffic Northbound on the 400 towards cottage country was building.  Southbound traffic ahead of us was moving quite nicely.

7552 Hwy 400 Barrie

My RVND7215 GPS gave me a startle when the alarm went off indicating a low bridge ahead.  I had not heard that warning before and the GPS was telling me to get off at the exit before the bridge and take the side road to get around that low bridge.  That just did not make sense to me because I know that higher vehicles than our motorhome go under these bridges on the 400 every day.  I will have to double check the settings on my Rand McNally RV GPS.  The clearance of the bridge is 4.0 Metres and we are not that tall, so I need to measure our height and enter the correct height of our motorhome into the GPS.  We drove under the bridge without any issue.

7556 Hwy 400 Low Bridges warning sign 7557 Hwy 400 Low Bridges warning sign

We drove past Canada’s Wonderland.

7561 Hwy 400 Wonderland 7562 Hwy 400 Wonderland

Then we merged onto Hwy 401 Westbound.

7567 Hwy 400 coming up to Hwy 401 exit 7570 Hwy 401

We then exited off the 401 and onto the 403 which will take us to the QEW.

7575 Hwy 401 and Hwy 403 cutoff sign 7578 Hwy 403 exit

Passing by Mississauga we saw these odd shaped office or condo towers.

7584 Hwy 403 Mississauga 7585 Hwy 403 Mississauga

Traffic on the 403 was very slow past Mississauga, stop and go at times.

7586 Hwy 403 7588 Hwy 403 stylized light standards with the letters ER, for Elizabeth Regina, the Latin equivalent to Queen Elizabeth

Past Burlington Ontario.

7590 Hwy 403 Burlington

The traffic gets even thicker as we get closer to Hamilton Ontario.

7599 Hwy 403

Traffic finally eases up as we see the Burlington Skyway ahead of us.

7610 QEW - Burlington Skyway in distance

Up and over we go.  That is Lake Ontario to the left and Hamilton Harbour to the right.

7619 QEW - Burlington Skyway 7625 QEW - Burlington Skyway - Hamilton Harbour to right and Lake Ontario to left

I much prefer driving on the back roads and single lane highways than this 8 lane highway.  You need to pay attention to so many things in front of you and around you.. Traffic got heavy again and I am concentrating hard in this photo as I drive along.

7635 QEW - Hamilton - Bill driving on QEW with Lake Ontario in background 7647 QEW

Near Lincoln Ontario we saw this family of Elephants out for a stroll.

7653 QEW- Beamsville

We are getting close to our destination… there is the sign for St Catherines Ontario.

7665 QEW - St. Catherines

The Garden Skyway is just ahead.

7667 QEW - Garden Skyway 7668 QEW - Garden Skyway

Looking down from the Garden Skyway we can see the Welland Canal and one of the many lift bridges that have to be raised so that the ships can pass.

7673 QEW - Garden Skyway over Welland Canal 7674 QEW - Garden Skyway over Welland Canal

Actually, now that I can look at these photos and not be concentrating on driving, I can see a lake freighter leaving the Welland Canal Lock #1 and that bridge will soon have to be raised.

7676 QEW - Garden Skyway over Welland Canal 7677 QEW - Garden Skyway over Welland Canal

Our exit is just ahead at the bottom of the Garden Skyway.  Exit 38A

7678 QEW - Garden Skyway 7680 QEW - Welland Canals Centre sign

Now we are on the quiet peaceful back roads of Ontario.  Welcome to Niagara Falls ON.

7681 Taylor Rd - Welcome to Niagara Falls sign 7685 Thorold Townline Rd - Niagara Falls Welcome sign 7690 Thorold Townline Rd - Niagara Falls

There is our KOA ahead on the left.  We arrived at 3:30 pm and got checked in.

7695 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls - arriving at KOA

As soon as we got checked in, we went directly to our site and got the motorhome parked.  Then I called the car rental company and had them come to the KOA to pick us up and take us back to their office to get our rental car.  With our rental car now back at the KOA I finished getting the motorhome plugged in to the hydro, the water and sewer hoses hooked up and then got the motorhome level so that we can put out the bedroom and dinette slides.  We are all settled in to enjoy a week here in the Niagara Falls area.

7704 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - motorhome and rental Fiat

We ate a quick dinner and then went for a nice evening walk to check out our surroundings around the KOA campground.  They have lots of these little cabins that you can rent.

7705 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground 7713 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground

Or maybe you want something a little larger and fancier.

7721 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground

Or you can check into the small motel units on the property.

7747 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground

This is the store and the office where you get checked in.  There is a little restaurant/pub to the right of the office in front of the KOA truck.

7751 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground 7753 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground

There is a childrens play area, lots of things to play on and many daily activities for the kiddies.  They were having fun on the bounce pad.

7755 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground 7763 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground

There are 2 large outdoor pools and one indoor pool.

7733 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground 7740 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - walk through campground

Our site is quite nice. We are far enough away from the noises of the play area and the pools.  There are nice mature trees around us.

7778 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - motorhome and rental Fiat 7780 Lundy's Lane - Niagara Falls KOA - motorhome and rental Fiat

Tomorrow we plan to go on a short road trip in our rental car.

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