St. Catharines and Niagara Falls

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There's not too much to say about St. Catharines other than my friend Donnie is a great host. We showed up sopping wet at his doorstep to an amazing dinner he made for us (Indian lentil curry with rice an naan). I hadn't seen him for a while so it was great to hang out and talk.

The next morning he made us pancakes and we ended up hanging out until around 3pm. I already miss him. We knew we didn't have too much of a ride ahead of us and in 15-20 miles we had made it to Niagara Falls! The falls were amazing, the town around them not so much.

After waiting in line for customs, we had a quick chat with the officer and were off through more rain to Buffalo.

Toronto

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One thing that made Toronto was having amazing hosts. My aunt and uncle were incredible to us, from feeding us amazing food to giving us hot tips on where to go and check out. Too many things happened while we were there, so I'll just post some photos and caption them underneath.

Most of our time was spent skating around the city. Skateboards are really an amazing way of transportation in an urban environment, and provide a fun thing to do any chance you can spot a nice curb or a cool spot. Even Spiderman likes to longboard!

Toronto was one of the few times we got to strip all the stuff off of our bikes and cruise around. On this day, we rode all the way out to the beach, then north to a skatepark a little out of town. 

This was the only show we went to on the whole trip. It was a punk show that my cousin told us about. Some pretty cool bands played and we were able to walk there from my aunt and uncle's place. While out getting some water, we saw a car on fire!

Here's a crazy one. My uncle runs this school out of a rec center. The whole school is based on skateboarding and is amazing, but that's not the point here. Every year, the rec center fills the pool with fresh water and a bunch of fish and lets inner city kids come in and try fishing. It's kind of bizarre but they filet the fish for the kids and let them take food home to their family. Kind of a cool idea, albeit a little cruel to the fish. I'm sure it's not much worse than the farm they came from though.

My aunt and uncle recently got a little cottage on an island, and having a chance to go out there was definitely a highlight. We got to swim, kayak, canoe, and drink beers all day! What more could you ask for?

We had a blast spending a whole week in Toronto, and I can't wait for my next time back. Here's a few more pics from the week.

We did it!

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If you've been following the Instagram, you'll have already seen that we made it into NYC yesterday afternoon.

This has been the trip of a lifetime and I want to thank each and every one of you for doing anything to support us, even if it's just looking at our pictures. I know this last month I've been lagging on writing anything but stay posted and you'll be in for some more content. 

I've decided that you guys have heard enough full reports, so this blog will become an outlet for smaller stories, as well as pictures and maybe other creative outlets I want to use. Thank you guys again! Now go out and do something amazing for yourself.