On The Road: Time got away again!

    Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: …we planned a trip to Niagara Falls because we had promised Alex when he was younger that someday we would come back and DO Clifton Hill at night. With diesel nearing $5 a gallon, we decided to book a hotel near the…

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      Cops & Mooreford’s Fun Times – Niagara Falls

      Someone with a Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: We walked the whole way to both falls first passing the slightly smaller American falls then the HUGE horseshoe (Canadian) falls it was amazing, all the mist rising up made you wet and you could walk right to the edge where the…

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        “Holiday” weekend impressions; license plate update

        This weekend was an unofficial holiday (some people get it off, some people don’t, I’m one of those suckers who don’t). Anyway, the weather has been beautiful, and there has been loads of people around. I was driving down Stanley Avenue around 3 pm on Saturday, and it was backed up from Victoria Avenue almost…

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          bworiginals – Met John Barrowman again

          Someone with a LiveJournal blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: …I got to go to the casino (lost $100 on Friday and won $40 on Saturday – overall down $60 but many hours of fun!). My only complaint was the price of food at the restaurants there – you need to bank…

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            News from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours – July 31, 2008

            Last Thursday I received the latest newsletter from Whirlpool Jet Boat Tours For now, the only way I am aware of signing up for the newsletter is by visiting the web site of the company that provides the newsletter service.

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              Reader postcard from Niagara Falls

              The Travel/Outdoors section of the Seattle Times newspaper has a weekly feature where they include readers’ travel photos. This week, there is a picture of Niagara Falls: This was one of the many rainbows we saw at Niagara Falls. The view is of Horseshoe Falls with the Maid of the Mist below.

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                The Skeptical Chemist: Reapers of the Park (part 1 of 2)

                Someone with the Blogger blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: We met up with the gang and headed to Clifton Hill and the falls. Niagara Falls is the quintessential tourist trap. Core attractions ringed with eateries and souvenir shops and surrounded by a sea of motels. I couldn’t seem to find the…

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                  Day 30 (26.vii.08) << marius ostrowski's web log

                  Someone with a WordPress blog posted about a recent trip to Niagara Falls: …I charged down Clifton Hill towards the river. Yes, there are the falls, I noted grimly, while every single other tourist oohed and aahed, I haven’t come to the wrong country after all, oh aren’t they special, there’s s***loads of water, brilliant,…

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                    Tourism’s perfect storm relents

                    From the Niagara Falls Review: Tim Parker was wrong when he predicted a 10 per cent decline in the city’s tourism industry this year. But the general manager of Ripley’s Niagara Falls said he’s not sorry. “If I could retract my story from June, I would,” Parker said this week, after a day filled with…

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