Today I had this lady into the campground store. She’s been there for a few days, and I remember the first time I talked to her she was kind of intense. She told me that there was an ad that said we had free wifi, and I explained to her that no, it doesn’t say free wifi. It says that there is wifi available in the park, which is true, but it’s not free.
Anyways, she was okay with it. She’s just very straight faced.
So today, she comes in.
Her: The whirlpool.
Me: I’m sorry?
Her: The whirlpool.
Me: Okay, you want to know how to get there?
Her: What is it?
Me: O_O It’s… a whirlpool.
Her: Oh.
Me: Yeah, like… a giant pool of swirly water? (I had no idea what else to say and I was kind of taken aback by the question)
Her: Oh I see.
Me: It’s just up the river, it’s not right by the falls.
Her: Can we go to it?
Me: Well there’s the Aero Car, which goes over it.
Her: Okay. Can we swim in it?
Me: … In the whirlpool?
Her: Yeah.
Me: No… you’ll die.
Her: Oh.
Me: It’s huge, and really strong.
Her: So, where do you go?
[Shows her on the map]
Her: So you can just see it?
Me: Yeah, you can just park over here, and see it. Or you can ride the Aero Car if you want.
Her: Oh okay. But we can’t swim there?
Me: … no. It’s a giant whirlpool.
Her: What’s over here?
Me: Well if you keep going up the river, you’ll see the botanical gardens, the Butterfly Conservatory and the parkway here goes right into Niagara on the Lake. It’s a nice little heritage town with interesting shops.
Her: Can we swim there?
Me: There are places you could swim there… but I wouldn’t recommend it. If you want to go swimming, go to Crystal Beach.
So I ended up giving her directions there and she went on her merry way. But I honestly couldn’t get over the whole whirlpool thing. I mean, honestly. It’s a giant whirlpool.

See, the giant whirlpool that would kill you if you tried to swim in it?
It reminds me of that guy who on the phone, asked me if they could go have drinks in it. I think he thought I was talking about a jacuzzi, but he was pretty shocked when I told him no, because it would kill him, haha.