Aha, we’ve finally got some pictures back from our trip to Niagara. Remember when you had to send your film in to some developing company someplace and they would send your pictures back several weeks later, several weeks after you remembered what they were all about. Then, some of the pictures were black, some were out of focus, some were of your feet when you accidentally clicked the camera when you were holding it down. Ah, remember the good old days? Nope - as far as photography is concerned - these are the good old days right now. Digital photography: take a picture, review it, delete it, change the focus or the setting or the angle or whatever, snap again. Ah, just perfect - a keeper. No weeks long wait and you can delete the bad ones.
Well, we bought a waterproof camera in Niagara Falls so we could take pictures of the falls up close when we were in one of the tour boats that took you right into the spray. Did we want to buy a $190 water proof camera for just these shots or the $9.00 model? Hmmm. You can judge how good the photos are from the $9.00 model. One more word: we decided that the boat tours were not worth what we paid. We had much better views of the falls from the shore. Too many people on the boats, too much jostling, too much spray - but then that is the idea here. Anyway here are the pictures but, first the camera - clear plastic enclosed.
They pass out these precious little ponchos and doesn’t Gary look cute in his?
Here are the American Falls from the boat with me in front.
Thus you can see the quality of our pictures. Certainly nothing to write home about. Oh, I am already home.
On the other hand, we found this cool building on the American side of the Falls. Note how the bricks change color as they go up the building. The darker bricks are at the bottom with lighter bricks at the top. It’s not just a quirk of lighting, they actually changed the color of the bricks as they built up.
Very cool Art Deco motifs on the top.
There was a display of how much the Canadian Falls have eroded over the years. Because the rocks are not so hard and because the water pouring over the falls is so forceful, the Falls are moving further and further back up the river.
Here’s a picture of the Canadian Falls with the dates on them. You can see where the Falls are now at the bottom of the picture but then you look up and can see where they were when they began to take measurements.
There were several wedding chapels in town for all those who want to get married at the Falls.
And, if you want coffee, here is how this is marked at Starbucks. Pretty elaborate. No wonder I just order a cup of coffee - no fancy stuff for me - it takes too long. Here’s how they mark half-caf, sugar free vanilla, non-fat, light foam, extra hot latte. It would take me too long to say it all and then, I’d probably leave something out.
But, then, it takes too long to decide what kind of sweet treat I want in this bakery.
And, here I am in the band. Pretty cool sculpture but who is that person who didn’t get the clothing memo? Doesn’t she know what to wear on parade day? But, she is in step.
Our campground was right on Lake Erie and we could look across and see the tallest buildings in Toronto - but not in these pictures since even the tallest buildings are pretty small from this distance.
We had a great time exploring but, my, the mosquitoes were out. Here’s Gary slapping them away.
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