Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Today, the first one of a series of two guest posts that will take us with Liz from Busy Lizzy's Easle on a trip to the Niagara Falls. With a big thank you, and without any more delays, words and camera to Liz...

Niagara Falls is actually two waterfalls. The "American Falls" is along the city of Niagara Falls, New York (1st photo bellow). It's straight and quite rocky. The "Horseshoe Falls" is along the city of Niagara falls, Ontario (2nd photo bellow). This waterfall is curved and famous for all the mist it creates. Both waterfalls are huge and powerful.


Rainbow Bridge connects the two cities and can be crossed by foot, bicycle or automobile and near the place where was the Honeymoon Bridge is now Prospect Point Park where's a lookout deck that juts out near the American Falls. We stayed at the Embassy Suites hotel in Niagara Falls, Ontario. It's very close to the Canadian shore so we had an awesome view from our balcony of both waterfalls as well as the Friday night fireworks over the river. The falls are illuminated with colored lights at night. It's really beautiful and peaceful.

There are at least a hundred things to do in Niagara Falls, Ontario. This part of town is nicely planned for tourists and vacationers. There are lots of attractions, shows, restaurants and fast food places, tour buses, and shuttles. We first visited Skylon Tower. It's over 500 feet high and has an observation deck and revolving restaurant at the top. The external yellow elevator is nicknamed "the yellow bug." We had great views of everything!

We also visited Clifton Hill, a street filled with fun, shops and places to eat. One could easily spend several hours here. There is an Burger King with a GIANT Frankenstein outside eating a burger (and I do mean "giant")! There is also a wax museum of movie, tv and recording stars. I took some pictures of Angelina Jolie, Brendan Fraser and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. My daughter and I rode the Skywheel, a giant ferris wheel with amazing views of the entire area.

To be continued in the next post...