WIGSF Visits Niagara Falls
Yesterday, I headed down to Niagara Falls. Tonio and K are still in town so we (the Juices and I) took them to see the falls.
Our first stop was up in Niagara-on-the-Lake. We walked up and down the strip there, peeked in a couple of little shops and such; ate some fudge, stuff like that. Didn’t do any winery tours though. I mean really folks. Family from Italy are in town, let’s show them how to make wine.
Niagara-on-the-Lake seems like it is better for older generations, not vibrate young folks like myself. Who am I kidding? I was all “no more walking, my back is sore and my legs are sore.”
Next stop was Niagara Falls itself. I’ve been to the falls before but for some reason, I’ve never been to Clifton Hills. That’s the part of town that’s nothing but arcades, funhouses and souvenir shops. If I was still twelve years old, I’d be in heaven there.
We did one haunted house and one arcade. Basically, just get out of my way and find me a skeeball game.
Then, down to the falls itself and right into the water. We took a trip on the Maid of the Mist boat tour. The boat takes you by the first set of falls and right upto the horseshoe falls. After everybody was nicely soaked from the mist (if you’ve never been there, its a heck of a lot of mist), a crewmember on the boat stepped out of his room and asked how we all were doing. Hmmm, he was bone dry and we all looked like we just got out of the shower. Never have I been more tempted to shove a person overboard.
A trip to a touristy place is never complete without going to the casino. Results summary: I played four pulls at the slots and broke even; Tonio and K played 10 bucks and lost it all; Juicette played 25 and lost it all; Juice played 20 at the machine I played and cashed out at 25; Juice gave both Juicette and Tonio 20 bucks to play at my machine and they each won 75 and 100 respectively. That one machine was hot last night.
Niagara Falls is a two or three hour drive (depending on traffic) from where I live and yet I only go there when I’ve people from out of town.
October 23, 2007 at 10:30 am
admit it you still love the arcade, funhouses and souvenir shops.
October 23, 2007 at 10:35 am
Bob - they’ve got this Marvel comics themed arcade and stuff like that there. I love skeeball, you know it, everybody knows it, I could care less about the rest.
October 23, 2007 at 11:30 am
Is Niagra worth a trip from the West Coast?
October 23, 2007 at 11:43 am
wiwille - no, but with other stuff like Toronto, still no, but I’ve got no idea what the west coast is like and maybe our uptight hussle and bussle and horrible traffic is a refreshing change for you.
October 23, 2007 at 12:19 pm
One of my oldest friends went to college at Niagra University, and one year I went up to visit him. It was a bizzare trip for a number of reasons — but one of the wilder moments was my continual asking “are we gonna see the falls?” to which he continually answered “they’re not that big a deal.”
On the way to the airport on my last day we detoured so I could see the falls. Of course it was late at night, and all I basically saw was ..well, nothing out the car window — but I can say I’ve been there, at least.
October 23, 2007 at 12:34 pm
It’s like a circus down there, I avoid it at all costs unless i’m showing someone around, though the Maid of the Mist is cool & Niagara on the Lake is beautiful and quaint.
Three hours..how slow do you drive? I can get to Ohio in four.
October 23, 2007 at 1:07 pm
Dan - its just a bunch of water, I don’t get it.
Miss Ash - NotL is a bit like Unionville. Its got that old timey main street feel. A lot of towns are trying to put that in now. In ideal conditions, Niagara should be two hours, but with a bunch of traffic on the way and Juice not knowing the way there and two stops, it took 3. Getting back was only two. And I drive like an old lady.
October 23, 2007 at 3:34 pm
I’ve been to Niagara Falls about 100 times and have never gone on the Maid of the mist! I like to go behind the falls!