July 23, 2012
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| Maid of the Mist entering Horseshoe falls |
Decided to tour the Canadian side today, it’s amazing how
much more you see of the falls from that side.
Granted you don’t get as close to the American Falls but you see the
entire thing vs. just part of it. The
Horseshoe Falls, you get up closer and can see the water rolling off the edge,
you almost want to take a boat or raft over the side….but NO. The water is a beautiful green color.
Once again we walked the entire frontage area along the river…..today
I think we walked around 6 miles. Yes,
we are very tired but got to see so much more than taking a tour bus. Plus we could spend as much time as we
wanted at any spot.
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| American Falls from Canadian side |
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Went up into the town area, most of the shops are your
typical tourist shops, restaurants, etc.
They have Hard Rock, Planet Hollywood, Hersey’s Chocolate store, several
casino, etc. After making our way back
to the car, we headed to the Whirlpool area.
Watched the aero tram go back and forth over the Niagara River, plus watched
the jet boats come up and play in the whirlpool. We then went to the coach for lunch and to
give our feet a rest. Around 3:00
headed out again and went to Fort Niagara….along the way we found the town of
Youngstown, walked down to the marina and got to see the Niagara River up
close. We could also see Lake Ontario
off in the distance. Decided to take a
drive to see the lake, no beach to really see it but was able to get close
enough to see its massive size and the large freighters on it.
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| Horseshoe Falls from Canadian side |
Came home and went to dinner at Olive Garden, afterwards I
went over to the local Hobby Lobby to look around. Came home and Bobby informed me that the slide
cover on the drivers living room slide has unraveled and we’ll have to get it
replaced. Hopefully it will come in
tomorrow and we can get it fixed in Erie or the next town which will have an RV
dealer that can handle the repair.
Note: if you park
around the Ferris wheel or at the Skylon Tower, you’ll only have to pay $5 for
all day parking.
July 22, 2012
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| Cave of the Winds |
Headed to the falls at 8:00 AM, we decide to walk along the
falls area, saw a pedestrian bridge that would take us over to Goat
Island. What the heck, it’s early and
we need to stretch our legs. Saw some
amazing view along the way; we finally arrived at the Cave of the Winds. Here we bought the discovery pass. It allows us to experience 5 items: Maid of the Mist (boat ride), Cave of the
Winds (walk near the American Falls), Niagara Gorge Discovery Center, Niagara
Legends of Adventure (part of the visitors center) and Aquarium. It also allows us to get on and off the
trolley as much as we want. The cost is
$33 a person…..very good bargain.
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| Maid of the Mist |
We then took the tour of the Cave of the
Winds….awesome! You get right up next to
the American Falls….at the top, you get to experience hurricane force winds
coming off the falls….yes, and we got wet.
Thank goodness they give you ponchos (yellow). They also make you wear special shoes, which
you get to keep. They are similar to a
sandal…nice quality. We then walked
over to Horseshoe falls to experience it.
It puts out a lot more mist than the American Falls we just
experienced. You could use the poncho
again, but we braved it and got wet.
Not bad.
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| Horseshoe Falls (borders America & Canada) |
We then got on the trolley and head towards visitor’s
center. Along the route, we stopped at
Three Sisters Islands….you have to walk out to these but you have the
opportunity to see some spectacular views.
Once again we got on the trolley and head to Maid of the Mist, where
we’ll board the boat for the boat ride.
I’m so excited, I can hardly wait.
This is what I’ve come for. When
you enter this area, you have the option to go up to the observation deck or
take elevator to boat; we went immediately to the boat. Got our poncho (blue) and boarded the boat,
headed to the top deck, as the lower one was full. We got a position on the front rail with
Bobby behind me. Camera is ready,
hopefully my pictures turned out as the mist is very heavy….in fact, it’s very
hard to take pics, to much mist. But I
loved it, even though you get very wet.
Was it worth it….oh, yeah!
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| American Falls (on American Side) |
Once we departed the boat, you can take a route up to the
south side of the American Falls and experience the mist from it. Mist heck, its rain!!!! We got soaked, the poncho’s protected the
cameras but not us…..the mist was so heavy, we could not take pics. I looked like a drowned rat! So much for doing my hair! But it was
awesome!
Headed to the observation deck, more pics and then we headed
to downtown area where we had a subway sandwich for lunch. Then we head back to visitor center to
Legends of Adventure Theater. Then we
board the trolley and went to the Discovery Center. Next stop was the Aquarium, however when we
left the Discovery Center it was raining, so we put back on our poncho’s to
take the 5 minute walk to the Aquarium.
It started thundering…..not a happy camper, since we were on a bridge
with steel railings. Made it safe and sound!
Decided we’d better head home as we were exhausted from
walking probably 7 miles today. We got
to the coach and I said the outlet mall next to us was still open. Yes, we walked over and make a loop around
the mall. Had Chinese food at the food
court and I bought a pair of short at Tommy Bahamas (they were going out of
business). This has been the highlight
of the trip so far for me, Bobby still likes Indy 500.
July 21, 2012
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| Niagara at Night |
Left Elkhart around 8:30 and headed east to Niagara Falls. About an hour into
the trip, the motor stopped but Bobby was able to restart the engine and we
continued. It happened again but again,
Bobby got it restarted. Called Steve
Porter and he gave us some ideas to try if it occurred again. Around 1:00 PM, we stopped at a rest stop
for lunch and upon leaving, the motor would not start. Bobby went to the battery dept and the 12
volt switch was bad. He by passed the
switch and once again we were on the road.
Called Steve and told him he was correct, he’ll buy us a switch and
bring to Havasu in October.
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| Niagara at night with colored lights |
We arrived in Niagara Falls around 5:30. Checked in at the Elks Lodge (we are next to
the Fashion Outlet Fall), we were told they are having a brown bag auction, so
we decided to participate. Bought two
bags, we’ll use them in Havasu for the Christmas Exchange. Around 8:00 PM, left the Elks and decided to
see the falls at night.
Beautiful…..they light them up with colored lights. Can’t wait to see them in daylight tomorrow!
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