The next morning, I got up early and went for a walk with the falls to my side
past this nice arrangement celebrating the parks
and on to the street of tacky shops
including the frog at the Rain Forest Cafe
and through the flowers
back to the falls
and a fountain of pennies
with the falls
only interrupted by the obligatory phone booth photo
as I recorded various views of horseshoe falls
and a few movies
forgetting to change the setting and so getting a movie
as well as static shots of flowers
before Ben and I headed to Tim Horton's (little did we know Tim's whole story at this point)
for breakfast
and then drove on to Toronto where we had this lunch at the Marche, an interesting idea for a restaurant.
Our first stop in Toronto was the Hockey Hall of Fame
where they had pucks from anywhere and everywhere
along with facemasks
and these statues of player
and goalie.
Once inside we saw the stick and pucks used to get the 3 fastest goals
Bernie Parent's shirt,
the puck involved in Wayne Gretsky's last point
a referee's sweater
Brett Hull's shirt
and 802 symbolic pucks.
Moving on, we saw jerseys
hats
bobble head dolls
and various tokens of Wayne Gretsky
including this trading card
as we made our way to the New Jersey Devils display
including their Trenton farm team
and then the Rangers and Islanders,
Flyers
Penguins
and Blackhawks
where we felt part of their Stanley cup celebration
as we recorded the history of the Stanley Cup
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and then went to the Canadians locker room where I suited up as goalie
and we then admired the uniforms of my teammates
and the coach's hat
before delving into the history of the Stanley Cup and other trophies
and the Calder
behind the Calder cup.
Next we saw some NHL legends beginning with Gretsky
and Gordie Howe
and then international shirts from Kazhakstan
and Iceland
and a Gretsky shirt
amid international logos
and this lovely shirt from the Trail Smoke Eaters
before turning to the Olympic medals of the past working our way back from 2006
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Next we went to the hall and recorded first winners of the Foster Hewitt Memorial Award for broadcasting
and then note Lord Stanley
Wayne Gretsky
Mario Lemieux
and scoring leaders
Phil Esposito
Ken Dryden
Bobby Hull
Dave Molinari
and Bobby Orr
before I posed with the Stanley Cup
and then Ben posed with the Stanley Cup.
After recording Gordy Howe
and Tim Horton (remember him from breakfast)
we took many pictures of the championship BlackHawks team
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and then left and found Ben some food in case we didn't have time for dinner.
The Munros arrived early and so we walked by this gentleman who sold us tickets
and then found our way
to a restaurant with a view where Brian
Ian
Ben
and I
admired the view
as drinks
bread
and our main courses arrived.
We then went down to our seats and watched the Blue Jays lose to the Yankees
before Brian, Ben and Ian
and then Ben, me and Ian posed
and we were off to find our hotel for the night.
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past this nice arrangement celebrating the parks
and on to the street of tacky shops
including the frog at the Rain Forest Cafe
and through the flowers
back to the falls
and a fountain of pennies
with the falls
only interrupted by the obligatory phone booth photo
as I recorded various views of horseshoe falls
and a few movies
before Ben and I headed to Tim Horton's (little did we know Tim's whole story at this point)
for breakfast
and then drove on to Toronto where we had this lunch at the Marche, an interesting idea for a restaurant.
