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<\/a><\/p>\nSarah’s favourite part of that day was this:<\/p>\n
Then we went down to San Diego and spent a day at the zoo. This included some petting of bunnies:<\/p>\n And some eating of lunch near elephants:<\/p>\n Sarah also took a staring role in an educational program at the zoo:<\/p>\n We then spent three days driving up the coast on the PCH. This included a night in Santa Barbara, where we ran into a festival at the mission:<\/p>\n It also included a trip through some hilly bits:<\/p>\n There was a lot of beautiful coast, of course. It looked like this: Big Sur Coast<\/a><\/p>\n We spent a night at a lovely inn in Big Sur, where we could relax sitting in a river out back:<\/p>\n Then it was up the coast to Monterey, where Trish shopped and Sarah and I did the Aquarium:<\/p>\n The California part of the vacation ended with a couple of days in San Francisco, including, of course, a trip to Alcatraz:<\/p>\n We also did some hiking in the Muir woods, taking in the coastal redwoods and sequoias:<\/p>\n While there I dragged the girls to a couple of bookstores (would have been more, but our days were very full). One was very close to San Francisco’s garlic restaurant, which I forced the girls into.<\/p>\n By the end of the meal, they were converted, and happily sharing a sundae:<\/p>\n After California we were off to visit family and friends in Ontario. This included a big family picnic at the park at Queenston Heights, and then Sarah and I having some adventures with my pal Ralph.<\/p>\n For instance, we drove up to Toronto to go in this thing:<\/p>\n While we were in there we checked out the glass floor, where you can stand and look down over 1500 feet. Here you see me almost stepping on:<\/p>\n Sarah and Ralph had no problem walking around on it:<\/p>\n I was actually much more comfortable looking out over the lake. Sarah also seemed to like that:<\/p>\n The next day we spent in Niagara, first visiting the Falls:<\/p>\n …and then going under them:<\/p>\n After the falls we spent some time at cheesy tourist attractions on Clifton Hill, including the Ripley’s Believe It Or Not Museum:<\/p>\n Then a haunted house, and finally the Butterfly Conservatory:<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n