Stand by our troops bumper sticker

As we were driving back from Palmerston to Ottawa, we stopped in Belleville for a quick bite to eat. When we were leaving the city, I noticed this bumper sticker on the car in front of us, while stopped at a red light. It stated: "If you don't stand behind our troops, feel free to stand in front of them". After reading that statement, I felt the need to take a picture and use it for my blog post for today. I have family and friends that have served in the Canadian Forces, and I have family and friends that are currently active in the military, some even in Afghanistan now. I stand behind our troops 100%. I am humbled by their sacrifices and often think how lucky we are because of our Troops. On a side note, today was the last day for advance voting and I voted! Voting is a privilege that we have here in Canada, and if you haven't voted yet, please go vote on May 2nd. Think about what it means to vote, your vote counts! And if you don't vote, don't complain!

Ontario wines and Easter celebration

Today we celebrated Easter, had a really nice dinner and enjoyed some wine throughout the day. Here's a photo of a few of the bottles, there's a few I think that didn't make the photo as they were in another room and I didn't go looking. Surprisingly, all the wines we drank today were VQA wines from Ontario and I was quite impressed by the varieties and tastes of these wines. If you want to hear more about these wines, there will probably be a review about the wines in the next few days on our wine blog.

Good Friday in Niagara Falls

Here's a few photos of me from today. Started out with a quick trip to the US, and by quick trip, I am really being ironic! There was the longest lineup I've ever seen to cross into the states. It was approximately a 1.5 hour wait to cross over. Somehow, I wasn't able to find border wait times (CBSA's site was N/A), which is kind of too bad! However, the trip was a success, and I was able to get what I was looking for :)

After a nice dinner with the family, we headed down to Clifton Hill and rode the SkyWheel. This was my first time on a Ferris-wheel. It was fun. Here are a few photos from today (including a dinosaur from what looks like to be a new mini-putt course)...

401 Toronto

Today, I drove from Ottawa to Niagara Falls to spend Easter with the family. I decided to stick to the 401, and even though it was rush hour traffic, I opted to not take the 407. This basically added about an hour to my drive, but it was good, and tried to catch a few photos, here's a photo showing the oncoming traffic!