Today we took a walk in the morning and enjoyed the quiet streets in the adorable town of Niagara on the Lake. The restaurants and shops lining the little streets are charming with myriads of gorgeous flowers carefully planted like garden bouquets in every possible location. The horse drawn carriages hadn’t yet come out for the day.
We returned to the boat and John stayed to clean the boat exterior while I walked back to town for a little shopping. On the way, a bee flew up my shirt sleeve and got stuck and stung me while I tried to figure out it I wanted to rip my shirt buttons or take the time to unbutton. I did the latter and my bicep was hot swollen and itchy for at least four days! We met for lunch in town then headed to Niagara Falls. I wasn’t sure we should go as I thought how great can it be, I’ve seen the films and photos of it. But before I left my dad told me to be sure to go, and John pushed for it as well. I was so glad they did! We went on the Maid of the Mist with our little plastic slickers on and headed out into the swirling turquoise water. The power and exquisite beauty of the falls was extraordinary. I could have floated staring up at them for hours. The color, graceful massiveness and impending energy of the water as it tips over the edge is indescribable. No photos or film can capture it. The churning and mist creates an electric energy similar to the feeling of nearly touching a hot wire or standing under electric towers only in a positive, expansive, good way. Just incredible.
Once off the Maid of the Mist, we walked on the promenade of the Canadian side of the falls on level with the top of the falls to stand next to where the river turns and hurls itself largely over the edge and there were rainbows rising from the mist. I noticed that the gulls were particularly cute and different from ours in California. From the decktop looking down you could see their little webbed feet paddling behind them in the clear water. I pointed out how cute that looked to John and tried to convince him that it was but he would not have any of it. I later checked the gull situation of Niagara Falls and turns out bird watchers regularly come to try to get a sight of the less ordinary gulls that come through. Just as I was sitting on the deck writing this, John walked past me grumbling about how some seagull had pooped a giant mess on his very clean boat and that he hated seagulls
We walked on the promenade of the Canadian side of the falls to stand next to where the river turns and hurls itself largely over the edge and there were rainbows in the mist.
That evening we walked to the famous Prince of Wales hotel for a ‘fine dining’ experience. The hotel is a historic Victorian hotel built in 1864. The three story 110 room hotel was re-named after famous guests the Duke of York (Prince of Wales). Queen Elizabeth II stayed at the hotel during her visit to the area in 1973.
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