Well, after being denied access to Canada at the Minnesota border, or as Roger says "we were kicked out of Canada", we went to see Niagara Falls from the Canadian side with my dear friends Art and Linda. This time we rode with them in their car; crossing the border without any problem. It was a spectacular day and wasn't very busy, like it could be in the summer. The first thing we did was to go on the Hornblower to view both the American and Canadian sides of the Falls. The Hornblower is the Canadian version of the Maid of the Mist, which is the American tour boat.
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| We all looked so nice and dry before our tours. |
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| The Hornblower |
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| American Falls from the Hornblower |
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| American Falls from the Hornblower |
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| Roger, Linda & Art in our Hornblower designer rain gear |
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| Viewing platform of the American Falls |
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| Maid of the Mist American Falls side tour boat |
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After our tour on the Hornblower, we were very very wet. They did not recommend taking pictures from the Hornblower of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls because the water would ruin my camera.
We went for a short bus ride to the White Water Walk. It's a Category 6 white water, below the falls, portion of the Niagara River. No white water rafting is allowed in this area because it is so dangerous.
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| Sue looking like a drown rat after the Hornblower tour |
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| Some of the beautiful wild flowers along the White Water Walk |
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| Some of the beautiful wild flowers along the White Water Walk |
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| Some of the beautiful wild flowers along the White Water Walk |
We then went to the Table Rock Centre where we watched the movie
Niagara's Fury. It was a really good movie about the falls where we were again give designer rain poncho's and again were soaked during the movie with water spray.
Our last portion of our tour took us to Journey Behind the Falls. We were once again given designer rain poncho's, staying dry while going to see Niagara Falls is not an option, and taken on a short elevator ride down to tunnels under the falls. Here we literally could view the falls from underneath them.
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| American Falls from behind the Canadian Falls |
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| Maid of the Mist in front of the Canadian Falls |
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| Part of the Canadian Falls |
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| Hornblower on her way from the American Falls to the Canadian Falls |
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| Canadian Falls |
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| Hornblower up close to the Canadian Falls |
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| The old generation plant on the Canadian side |
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| Art, Linda and Sue in our designer ponchos |
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| Art, Linda, Sue and Roger posing from behind the Canadian Falls |
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| Behind the edge of the Canadian Falls |
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| Great Falls Portal - we were literally behind the Canadian falls |
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| Cartarac Falls Portal | |
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| Building the tunnels |
Again, wet and wild, we went for a nice walk along the walkway for some more beautiful views of both the Canadian and American Falls and up the Niagara River.
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| Canadian Horseshoe Falls from Table Rock Centre walkway |
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| Canadian Horseshoe Falls from Table Rock Centre walkway |
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| American Falls from Table Rock Centre walkway |
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We walked farther up the Niagara River. Here are some views of the river before it comes to the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.
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| One of the old power company buildings on the Canadian side |
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| Small falls just before the Horseshoe Falls |
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| Looking up the Niagara River |
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| An old barge that has been caught in the rocks for many many years |
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| The edge of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls |
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| City of Niagara Falls Canada |
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| Down River from the Canadian Horseshoe Falls |
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We left Art and Linda for Binghamton NY to visit friends Pat Harder, Joe Martinichio and Angal Hyde. Roger plans to wash and wax the coach and we both plan to rest some while here.
