The LOOK

I really don't remember when really happened, but it was probably back in the very early 90s.

My dad, rest in peace, told me he had a dream.  Yes , he dreamed going to Niagara Falls, and it was me whom took him.  No pressure here, I said to myself.  I was 19 at the time.  I really believed I could do it one day in the future.

My dad, kept remind in me from time to time of that dream all thru the 90s and early 2000s.   I could not take them back on those times since I was going to school here in the United States.  I am originally from Mexico.  I came to college on those dates, first Oregon and then Idaho.  

I ended up working for Club Med in 2000, so my parents, family and friends went to visit me often in the 3 villages I had the chance to work in.  Cancun, Ixtapa in Mexico and the Paradise Island in the Bahamas, this last one does not longer exist as Atlantis took over back in 2005.

During my parents visits, my dad kept telling me that those places were great, however, he still remembered that dream from a decade earlier, yes Canada, yes, Niagara falls.  By then I had met many Canadians which enlighted me about such a place.  Also many other guest from all over the world that had visited the falls.  All of them told me what I suspected, it was a place that could not be described , that it had to be experienced ... LIVE.  

In 2004 I ended up working for a travel agency in Mexico City.  I am a big believer in no coincidences, that Canadian trip was meant to be at the perfect time.  The agency had blocked 5 weeks of tours to east Canada late July thru August.  I was one on the tour conductors, so I did take my parents to the north with me.

We took Air Canada from Mexico City to Toronto, Canada in the morning, direct shot.  Arrived, met our tour manager and bus driver which took us to our hotel, he gave us instructions for the following morning, and yes the following day was set to make my dad's dream come true.  He could not believe that finally after so many years his dream was going to come true.  He was like a kid on Christmas eve, or a kid waiting to meet his long time hero

The morning came, both my parents slept very well and enjoyed the continental breakfast at the hotel.  The bus shown up on time, we boarded and headed to the town of Niagara.  It took us nearly to hours to get there.  What a beautiful journey, green , fresh summer morning in Canada.  

Gustavo our tour guide told took us on a walk to appreciate the falls from land and told us to get ready to board the Lady of the Myst, the boat that takes you close to the  water falls.