Here are some pictures from our short trip to Ontario, Canada & New York. We went with my former roommate and his wife and friend. Here we are with old father Lehi and his family.
This is the stage and just about all of the cast for the Hill Cumorah Pageant. It was well done and it brought the Book of Mormon to life!
We went to the Sacred Grove on Sunday morning before church. It was really a humbling and testimony strengthening experience. The place just commands reverence and awe.
Our Maid of the Mist (explained below) ponchos came in handy once the rain started up after church. This is the monument to Moroni on the top of the Hill Cumorah.
This is a replica of the log house the Smith family lived in on this exact site. It was in this house that Joseph was visited by Moroni. The trees behind the house are part of the Sacred Grove.
This is about 1,200 feet up on the glass bottom floor of the CN Tower in Toronto. It messes with your head a little bit.
Here's a view of Lake Ontario from the observation deck at the CN Tower. The tower was the tallest free standing structure in the world until last year, when a building in Dubai passed it up.
We went on a double decker bus/lake cruise tour around the city since we only had half a day to get to know the place. The CN Tower is in the top left corner and the old Sky Dome is right next to it on the left.
Here we are at the famous Niagara Falls. It was an awesome sight, but we both feel that we have been to a more impressive waterfall before (Candice-Iguacu Falls in Brazil, Ryan-Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe).
We both felt like the Maid of the Mist boat ride was the highlight of our stop in Niagara Falls. The boat takes you quite close to the falls and gives you a better feeling for the power of the water and a face full of water from the mist.

Doesn't Ryan look like a stud in uniform? We were ready to go bright and early for the scouts pancake breakfast, yum!












We decided to be adventurous and kayak up the Huron river. We managed to get to the dam and back in an hour and a half.











Here is another shot from a different angle.