Our checkout time is early in the morning, so here are just the
highlights from the past few days.
I'm also working on updating the maps but there is just not enough
time to work on it.
Friday, June 23
Today we visited Niagara Falls. We took a tour that visits both
the Canada side and the US side. The Canada side is much more
built up with tourist stops and restaurants. Tour highlights
included:
Skylon Tower - a 500 foot tower on the Canada side, giving a
view of both parts of the falls.
Goat Island - an island in the middle of the falls, where you
can walk out to the very edge of the American Falls and Bridalveil
Fall.
Promenade - that's just a name I made up for the shoreline along
the Canada side, where you can walk for quite a ways.
Maid of the Mist - a boat ride that takes you out right under
the Horseshoe Falls.
The falls are split by Goat Island into the straight falls on the
"American" side, and the Horseshoe Falls on the "Canada" side.
In addition, the straight falls are split by smaller rocks into
the American Falls and the Bridalveil Fall. The Horseshoe falls
are wider and more impressive, sending up a spray that is visible
for miles away and feels like rain when you walk near the falls.
It is not possible to walk behind any of the falls, despite the
misnamed attractions that seem to promise that.
We had lunch at the Misty Dog Grill, just across from the Rainbow
Bridge over into Canada. It was recommended by the tour operator.
They have burgers made from beef, buffalo, kobe beef, lamb, and
venison. They take a long time but they are worth it. The sweet
potato fries were not cooked enough to make them crispy.
In the evening we headed into Toronto. It took us five hours to
wade through the Friday night traffic to the north side of town
where we stayed.
