Friday, June 6, 2025

Niagara Falls

We woke up to a cloudy day.  It was much cooler and we were happy as we both got sunburned/windburn on the hop on hop off bus.  It was 30C on Wednesday and the humidity was high.  We received a special weather alert, the smoke from all the forest fires has reached Toronto!  It's a good thing we don't have any breathing issues.

The 23 passenger luxury coach to Niagara Falls left our hotel at 8:30.  We picked up people from two other hotels and got to Niagara Falls in 90 minutes.  First stop, The Hornblower!  Apparently The Maid of the Mist no longer operates in Canada.  The ship was great!  We stayed on the lower level and even with our raincoats, we got soaked from the knees down!

You can see the Sheraton where we had lunch at the top.


We went to the Sheraton for a buffet lunch at the top of the hotel with a gorgeous view of the falls.  I took this picture from the top of the hotel:


After lunch we went to Table Rock and took some lovely photos.  Then a leisurely drive to the whirlpool, flower clock and we had a lovely stop at Niagara on the Lake.  What a nice little town.

We went into a hat shop.  They make all the hats they sell.  What an interesting shop!
This is where they make the hats


This was the men's side, the ladies side was really nice

Top hats in every colour

It took 90 minutes to get to Niagara Falls and 3 hours and 15 minutes to return.  I thought Vancouver traffic was bad!

It was an awesome tour with some lovely people and a great tour guide.


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