falls, eh?

Seven weeks and a day on the road = 50 days.
​A day at Niagara Falls from the Canadian side, which has great views of all three falls. In addition to admiring the falls from the shore, we did a number of the Niagara Parks’ attractions. The Journey Behind the Falls gave us some great views from an observation platform right at one edge of Horseshoe Falls. The Power Plant was a bit of a disappointment, however. After walking 2200 feet through the old water exhaust tunnel, we had a view that was not as good as the earlier one. Then, after walking back through the same tunnel, the power plant itself, while somewhat interesting, could have been better interpreted. We then went to Niagara Fury, a “4D motion theater” which tells “the ancient story of Niagara Falls in this multi-sensory simulation of the last Ice Age.” It was a complete waste of time.

Luckily, the walk along the Niagara Gorge, with its Class 6 white water, and the aerial tram over the whirlpool were both impressive and fun.

​All in all, though, the best parts of the day were the unvarnished views of the Falls and the Gorge - nature really doesn’t need the assistance of modern technology to awe us.