Centre Island

We took the subway down to the harbor front and then took the ferry over to Centre Island.

We had a great view of the "CN Tower" which we keep calling "the needle." I hope they do not deport us!

The boat ride was a little chilly, but it was a nice day to hang outside all afternoon! Center Island offers a really cool view of downtown Toronto.

There is a small airport there so we were able to watch the planes come in for a landing right overhead. We found out that the airport was built on top of what used to be a huge amusement park and a baseball stadium where Babe Ruth hit his first professional home run.

On Centre Island is an old fashioned amusement park, where most rides are for kids under 4.5 feet tall (perfect for Bee and Frankie).

Bee and Frankie loved the roller coaster (which we rode 3 times), the log slide (which we rode 6 times), the toy cars (see below) and then of course there was the bumble bee ride, which Bee and Frankie rode 5 times (fortunately or unfortunately depending upon how you look at it, scott and i were too tall for the bumble bee ride).

The girls also loved riding the old fashioned cars, the train, and the carousel. I think Im still spinning. Thank goodness for Stacey, who rode the teacup with the girls because those little crystals in my ears were starting to revolt!

We also walked from Centre Island to the end of Wards island along the boardwalk and then took the wards island ferry back to the "mainland." We checked on mapmyrun and calculated that we walked over 4 miles, which for Bee was really great! Frankie got to ride the stroller part of the way, but she did great too!