Thanks, Mike!
Yes, if you are a retiree, you have to keep busy, or else!...
Last July3, Monday, we visited Niagara Falls ( and surrounding areas ) with a tour group. The advantage of traveling with a tour bus is the information you get from the guide/driver and luckily, the one we got last Monday was a very erudite fellow..He told us, while driving at highway speed along QEW lots of stories re: the Niagara region..We learned that:
1) The movie NIAGARA starring Marilyn Monroe helped a lot in boosting the popularity of the Falls. Right now, it is one of the top tourist attractions of the world.
2) The trip to the Falls wont be complete if you wont take the trip of the Maid of the Mists, a ship which comes dangerously close to the cascading torrent of the Niagara river. Yes, the Falls is just one part of the river which empties into one of the Great lakes..
3) Kings, Presidents and various royal figures have taken the trip which does not last very long. No words can describe accurately the experience: you have to take it yourself, if you can. You get wet, you get awed, you endure an hour of waiting for a 15-minute boat ride. But compared to the rides of Disneyland or the Universal Studios, this one is REAL. And no accident has ever ocurred since the late 1800's when the first voyage of the Maid took place. I heard that Disney is trying to buy this enterprise but any of his offer was flatly refused by the Niagara Parks..
Photos of the ride will be published shortly in the next entry...
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