Great Wolf Lodge Update

    I knew that the Great Wolf Lodge was under construction, but it’s not really near anything in the main tourist area, so I’ve haven’t been by it since they started. Wow, it’s huge! These small pictures don’t really do it justice. It is curved, almost in an L shape. It looks like the waterpark is…

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      NASA Images of Niagara Falls

      You’ve got to check out this great picture of the Niagara Falls area from the NASA Earth Observatory web site: A blue-green veil of water tumbles 51 meters over the rocky precipice of the Niagara Falls in this Ikonos image, acquired on August 2, 2004. Every second, more than two million liters of water plummets…

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        Down south in Canada

        The author of this article in the Chicago Tribune took a trip through Southern Ontario and one of the stops was in Niagara Falls: Next to the falls, we found a mob scene, a mile of people lined up three or four deep to see the water fall. After crashing down, it hurled some water…

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          Giant Wheel Coming Around to Niagara Falls

          From ThemeParks.About.com: The humble Ferris wheel, long an amusement park staple, is generating some new buzz with plans for mega-sized models. For example, the Great Canadian Midway, an entertainment district in the Clifton Hill section of Niagara Falls, will be getting a 175-foot Giant Wheel in 2006. But, you’re thinking, the season will be so…

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