Niagara Falls

We were up early to be ready to catch the Chariots of Fire tour of Niagara Falls at 7.45am. It was a small black van with 5 other tourists and a very informative and entertaining host. The first place we visited was the Skylon Tower.

From there we could see both the Canadian and American Falls. The Canadian Falls are the horseshoe falls.

The American Falls have large granite rocks at the base.

Our tour guide told us the stories of most of the 150 people who have gone over mostly the Canadian Falls. This is Lake Ontario which feeds into the falls.

Next we headed down to catch the Hornblower Voyage to the falls. We put on red ponchos.

Our tour guide suggested being up the front on the bottom deck!





First we passed the American Falls. There were thousands of seabirds on the cliffs and swooping around.

We headed towards the horseshoe falls. Our host had told us that the water going over the falls was equivalent tomillion bathtubs a minute.

We all got drenched and all the school kids on the top deck squealed with delight.

Many of the men who attempted to go over the falls did not survive. The two women who consciously attempted to go over the horseshoe falls survived.



I used Josh’s camera. The lens got a bit of water on it. After we got wet!





The water on the lens created some interesting effects. There was not really a moon in the sky!



This is at the top of horseshoe falls. Our host recounted a number of incidents when people accidentally fell over the fence and did not survive the falls. The last as recent as last year. Don said this is him in his dark phase!





Look at the number of hotels opposite the falls!



This cable car goes over the whirlpool further down stream.



For lunch we visited the Niagara-on-the-Lake town. It is a well preserved 19th century town that was the first capital of the colony of Upper Canada. We walked down to the lake and it looked very peaceful.





The last visit on our tour was to a winery. We tried ice wine and Don bought some. I’m not sure how we will carry them on our trip.