Rex and Nancy's Travels - "ALL WHO WANDER ARE NOT LOST" - JRR Tolkein

Thursday, we drove along the Niagara River to where it runs into Lake Ontario.   We stopped and walked along a path towards the town of Niagara-on-the Lake. Fort George was constructed in 1796-99 and served as the headquarters for Major-General Brock in 1912.  In May 1813, it was bombarded and captured by the Americans who constructed fortifications of their own on the site.  These in turn were retaken by the British in December 1913.  In 1815 Fort George was described as a “tumbling into ruins” and was abandoned.  The present works are a reconstruction done in 1937-1940 and represent the fort as it was in 1799-1813.  Dogs are not allowed at the Fort, so we were not able to go inside the grounds. We continued walking along the path to where the Niagara River flows into Lake Ontario.   We walked along Queen Street, a tourist area in Niagara-on-the-Lake with lots of shops, restaurants and horse-drawn carriage rides. The clock tower in the middle of Queen Street.  We window shopped and t

Wednesday morning, we took the bus back to Table Rock Center and took this picture of a goose flying in front of Horseshoe Falls while we were waiting for the Niagara Park Shuttle. We rode the shuttle to the White Water Walk where we were able to walk on a boardwalk beside the Whirlpool Rapids. The Class VI rapids were beautiful. We were able to get really close to the rapids as we walked along the boardwalk. The boardwalk was about a quarter of a mile long and we enjoyed getting close to the rapids. We then walked about a kilometer to ride the Aero Car that we saw yesterday from the US side.  We had to wait while some maintenance was done on this car that was built in 1913.  The ride takes you across Whirlpool Rapids and back. The views from the Aero Car were spectacular. This is looking downriver towards Devils Hole Rapids. Whirlpool Rapids from across the river before we started back. Whirlpool Rapids from directly overhead.  We can see why it is called Whirlpool Rapids – it is beau

  Sunday morning, we drove across the Rainbow Bridge to Niagara Falls, Ontario.   The border guard who processed our entry into Canada was very nice and everything went smoothly.   We are staying at Campark Resorts on the west side of Niagara Falls.   Just after we got all set up it started raining and rained all evening. Monday morning it was still raining and was forecast to rain all day, so we decided to go to the Ontario Visitor Center where a very nice lady helped us plan what we would like to do.   We then went grocery shopping and did our laundry and other chores. The city bus stops at our campground and gives you one free ride so Tuesday morning we hopped the bus and rode to Table Rock Center at Niagara Parks.   We purchased a two-day Falls Pass which will give us entry to most of the attractions we want to see and a two-day bus pass. Our first attraction was The Journey Behind the Falls where we descended 125 feet through bedrock and walked a short tunnel to an overlook be

Saturday morning, we woke to sunshine and the forecast was for partly cloudy skies and a chance of late afternoon showers.   We decided to go back to Niagara Falls State Park and hike along the trails with Tacky.   Our first stop was on Goat Island at Terrapin Point to view Horseshoe Falls. We were so glad we stopped here today because with the sunshine came a wonderful rainbow in front of Horseshoe Falls. Tacky didn’t mind getting a little wet when the wind blew the mist our way. We walked around Goat Island to the Three Sisters Islands.  The rapids between the islands are beautiful. We are on the last of the Three Sisters Islands looking at the Niagara River just above Horseshoe Falls. On the way back to the Jeep we saw this Black Squirrel – Rex thinks it is panting but it looks like it is saying ‘leave me alone’.  Our walk around Goat Island and The Three Sisters Islands was about 2.25 miles and we are getting hungry for lunch. We drove to the Niagara River Gorge Trail Trailhead whe