" Niagara Falls .. Slowly I Turned "

Those lines were classic Three Stooges schtick.
We were in the Falls yesterday. Niagara is close , we can do it in under 1h 30.
The problem is the traffic. Truck convoys prowl the Queen Elizabeth Way ( QEW ) , swooping down on unsuspecting cars.
In rainy weather the trucks are their  own storm fronts. Car traffic can be overwhelming as well. Traffic volume crossing the city from W to E on the Hwy 401 can be daunting.

So , after all that worry , we breezed there and back , travelling at odd times 9:30 A going and 7:30 P returning. We used the southern approach on the Gardiner Xpresswy and up the Don Valley Xprss.

M and her sister went last week but saw the Falls driving past and didn't take the scenic ' Walk Behind the Falls ' . WBtF is advertising -ese for ' do you want to be soaked to the skin and pay us $ 20 '

I dropped them off at the entrance and went to the Fallsview Casino where it turns out , I spent the day.
After many phone calls , mostly missed b/c I was shooting craps , I finally , talked to M , missed most of what she said - and decided to wait for them at the food court. I spent my winnings on a sandwich and coffee. Waited some more.
We hooked up around  3 P. they achieved their goal and walked the 1/2 mile up to the casino.

I managed not to lose my shirt at craps but ' baby needs new shoes ' an old craps call , didn't happen either. The table started at $ 5 minimum which is good for me , I'm risking $ 20 - 30 most of the time. I lost a bit. Then the min went to $ 10 and playing very conservatively , I clawed my way back to even and quit - up a teensy bit.
After joining up. 
We gambled some more and I won at the craps machine. The CM is a video terminal kiosk which offers roulette or craps. The dice are the size of bowling balls and bounce and shake inside a glass dome.
The minimum is $ 2 somewhere on the table , so its pretty good.
In Vegas , I was lucky to lose 1/2 my issue ( what you start w/ ) and walk away.
Well , I plugged away , made some key random bets - which translates as ' I was lucky as stink ' and tripled my issue in an 1- 1 /2 h

Meanwhile , M's sister wins $ 170 and offers to treat for dinner. 

We cruised home and we can say its was a good day.

Weather : We have rain , its drizzle to steady , temp is still 74. T.O. type conditions for summer.

BTW - the blisters are really fading. The worrisome new little bubbles have given up trying to look like the bubonic plague and are shrinking. the whole area looks like 4 week hold scar tissue. God bless Dr Datta ( after hrs clinic GP ) she got it right. Not shingles. Vegetation allergy, or some such.