Canadian Adventures - 10/10/2008 - 12/10/2008

My visit to Canada started with a bunch of work stuff while the jetlag was at its worst but followed with some downtime over a long weekend. I spent Saturday exploring London, ON, and Sunday running London's Gobbler Gallop (think Turkey Trot) 6K and then exploring Niagara Falls. The Falls themselves are beautiful, just don't turn around. Tourist Trap. I spoke to my mother on the phone this morning and she said she and my dad nearly took a week's vacation at Niagara Falls. My jaw hit the floor at the word week. A few hours of that and I was done. What would they do for a week?

Upstream, looking towards Niagara Falls and the tourist trap below it.

Above the Canadian side of Niagara Falls. Thinking as a boater, that's one hell of a horizon line...

The mist at Table Rock made for lots of wet and lots of photos of the wet.

This shot of Canada's Horseshoe Falls is my favourite, with the Maid of the Mist giving a great sense of scale.

Maids of the Mist run from both the American and Canadian sides of the Niagara River. The American side of Niagara Falls has never been run successfully in a barrel. The size and abundance of rocks beneath it make that lack of success not much of a surprise.

The cyclists slogging up Tourist Hell I mean hill seemed to enjoy being in my photo. It would not have been my choice of cycling route, but all the power to them.

Not a great place to get stuck considering what waits below.