Daily Archive for June 12th, 2008

Philchel in Canada: Niagara Falls

Someone with a Blogger blog has posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls (pictures included):

After that we took the subway to pick up our car (nice Dodge Charger) and Phil was the first one to test an automatic car (with success) to drive to Niagara Falls.

Another sunny day and not to many people made it a real relaxing day.

Niagara: A Moveable Feast of Things to Do

From the Niagara Falls Review:

The very name engenders a sense of excitement. For decades, the magnificent splendor and awe-inspiring power of the area has cultivated a feeling of wonder, tinged with more than a little reverence. Writers, artists and countless throngs of squealing tourists have thrilled to the sight of the emerald cascades or felt a stab of anxiety as the Maid of the Mist lurched unexpectedly in the jaws of the mighty cataracts. Old or young, jaded or ingenuous, Niagara Falls has the power to reach the soul of all who come.

Niagara Falls Best Hotels - Summer in Niagara Falls!

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Air show above Niagara this weekend

From the Niagara Falls Review:

Among the thousands of people who will be looking skyward this weekend during the annual Friendly Foes Above the Falls air show will be a man who already conquered the stratosphere.

Bjarni Tryggvason, a professor of flight dynamics at the University of Western Ontario, flew aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1997.

Now the former NASA astronaut has set in sights on being the first pilot to test fly a replica of Canada’s first flying machine.

Niagara-based aircraft enthusiasts have been working on the full-scale replica of the Silver Dart since 2004.