Niagara Falls visit
We decided to visit Niagara Falls for the day on Thursday. The weather was forecast as good so we set out reasonably early and drove the 3.5 hours to the Falls.
Once there we checked out the falls themselves. Although we had visited the falls several times we had never visited in the summer so this was a new experience for us. We had only seen it before with snow and ice and on this visit it was warm and sunny with no snow in sight!
The Canadian Falls
The American Falls
Once we had given the girls the lowdown on where everything was we separated and arranged to meet later in the evening. We when decided to go on the Maid of the Mist boat ride as it had never been operating when we had been before.
Fortunately there wasn’t much of a queue and after paying our $14.50 each we were given a rather attractive blue plastic poncho and on board we went.
Sailing past the American Falls
And approaching the Horseshoe Falls
We really enjoyed the ride even though you do get very very wet!
After this we took the people mover bus to the butterfly conservatory. The buses run all day and you can get a pass for $7.50 which allows unlimited use all day. The butterfly conservatory is 9 km away so unless you choose to drive (and loose your parking space) the people mover is the best bet.
The butterfly conservatory is pretty large and there are thousands of butterflies of all sizes and colours. I love butterflies so really wanted to do this and was so glad we did. here are some of the beautiful butterflies on show.
Lots of Blue Morphos feeding on fruit.
A Blue Morpho in all its glory.
A Banded Peacock
Beautiful orange and black one
Owl butterfly from the top.
Even butterflies have to do it somewhere! These are Common Mormons
After the butterfly conservatory and stopping off for some dinner we wandered back to the falls and managed to see several rainbows.
We also visited the new ride in the visitors centre called Niagara’s Fury. This is a film made in the Ice Age animation theme showing how the falls were formed. You then go into another room onto a platform and take a ride down the falls. You are given a rain poncho before entering with the promise you will get wet. However if having a tiny amount of spay on your face constitutes getting wet then I suppose technically they are right. We were disappointed with this ride and would not recommend it.
We waited until after dark to see the light show which unfortunately started nearly half an hour late. We then drove home and got there about 1 am. Phew what a day.
I will post these pics and more in my photo album in due corse.
