All things Niagara Falls tourism…
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Goliath the blood python and Shredder the lizard are slithering into town this weekend.
The 30-pound snake and the black and white tegu will be on hand as the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory celebrates its 10th anniversary Saturday and Sunday by launching a new 17-display exhibit called Beauty and Beasts.
The exhibit will be open to the public from Saturday to March 18. It will be a tropical exhibit featuring reptiles, amphibians and butterflies.
There is quite a bit of work going on where the Falls Tower used to be on Clifton Hill. They broke up all of the cement that was supporting the tower and disposed of it. They also had a deep trench for a while but that has since filled up. They now have beams that will support the ceiling/roof. The picture makes the space look quite small, but it is surprisingly large, and a small store or concessions outlet would fit fine.
Yesterday I posted a couple of links to articles about the event at the Butterfly Conservatory called Bug-a-licious Insect Food Festival. WGRZ, a Buffalo TV station, sent one of their reports and there is a video you can see of him at the press day. You can check it out on the WGRZ web site.
Last weekend there was a small ice storm. I guess it wasn’t that small since there was a fair amount of damage from the storm. Everything was covered with a thin layer of ice. In some cases there was enough ice to cause branches to break, or even entire trees to fall. Yesterday when I was out walking I took some pictures…
This is a tree that fell along Queen Victoria Park
Nice shot if ice on an evergreen tree
The ice looked great glistening in the sun
Another nice shot of the ice on the trees
A close-up of some branches covered in ice
Another close-up of an evergreen tree
Another nice shot of Queen Victoria Park
Looking across Queen Victoria Park at the American Falls
A thin layer of ice covers this railing/divider
More ice covering small plants
Thick ice frozen as it dripped by the Fallsview Casino
I’m not sure how long it has been closed, or why, but the Niagara SkyWheel is closed at the moment.
It may have something to do with the weather. We had a small ice storm on the weekend (I’ll post on that tomorrow) and it seems like everything has a thin layer of ice on it. It’s warmed up a bit though, so I would expect that it would reopen soon.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
“So Ray,” said the managing editor during the daily morning meeting between Review reporters and editors Tuesday.
“Are you hungry?”
With those five ominous words, I was assigned to cover the media preview of the popular Bug-a-licious Insect Food Festival.
The Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory will host the second-year event Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Not only was I to cover the advance event, I was also asked to dip my tastebuds into a bowl of ant soup, scorpion pizza and Brazil nut and beetle bon-bons.
From the Niagara Falls Review:
Ant soup. Scorpion pizza. Beetle chocolate.
Not exactly the dishes prepared by Rachael Ray on her weekly Food Network program.
But they will be on the menu for the Bug-a-licious Food Festival this weekend at the Niagara Parks Butterfly Conservatory.
For the second year, chef Jeff Stewart, professor at Niagara College Culinary Institute, will provide guests with a variety of insects prepared right before their eyes.
From the Deccan Herald:
On a wet windy afternoon we stood on the deck, unsteadily in blue disposable plastic parkas, and feeling a strange mix of chill, thrill and elation. Ahead in the distance was the mighty Niagara Falls: nature’s master piece imprinted into the landscape by forces of sun, wind, ice and water - a production 50,000 years in the making.
‘The Maid of the Mist’ lifted and dropped as we moved on the turbulent water. Around us swarms of seagulls wheeled over the double-decker boat, making squeaky high-pitched sounds. Japanese tourists around us shrieked and laughed. Children delightfully screamed each time waves of water hit us. As we neared the Falls, the mighty roar drowned all sounds. A weird and wonderful exhilaration swept the air.
From the Savannah Morning News:
Niagara Falls may seem like an unusual winter destination.
Thousands of tourists from all over the world visit the falls, though, even on the coldest days of the year.
The average temperature in January is 31 degrees Fahrenheit at the falls, which lie on the U.S.-Canadian border. Though the enormous volume of water never stops flowing over the falls, ice formations form along the falls’ banks and the river. An “ice bridge” will form across the river if the temperature is low for long enough.
As cold as it can get in Niagara Falls, though, it’s still a great wintertime getaway.
I’m a little late on this one as well. I’ve written before that the facade of the Fun House on Clifton Hill was being changed. It is complete now with much brighter colours. It does look more “fun”, but I think the attraction itself is still the same.
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