Day 67: Port Dalhousie (St Catherines)

We take our time getting going this morning. After toast and Vegemite, the first task for the day is for me to get the rental car. By prior arrangement, they’re supposed to come and pick me up, but they don’t, so I eventually Uber over to the Enterprise depot, get my Kia, and return to pick the others up. I can’t get my phone to connect via Bluetooth into CarPlay, so a quick diversion back to the rental agency is made which informs us that a setting on the vehicle is wrong, so he gives us a free GPS screen for the day.

Our destination today is Niagara Falls. Jan’s not seen the falls and Graeme & Lorraine were last there 15 years ago, and then only on the US side. I was here 7 years ago, and there’s a lot more water in the river this time. Consequently, the falls are more spectacular and the spray emission also. I’ve booked us into the Queen Victoria Place Restaurant for lunch. Colette and I enjoyed the meal and the view 7 years ago and I thought it might be worth repeating. Although the plastic screens are down on account of the breeze and the spray, we have a good window-side table and an excellent view of both the American and Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls. Needless to say, the souvenir/merch shops get a going-over before we depart; but not, of course, for Chinese-made tourist kitch.

We do a shop for the boat on the way home. We’ve missed the strong winds that Preston experienced for a few hours this afternoon, but it’s a more peaceful evening, and clear enough that we can see the high-rise buildings of Toronto, 56 km away across the lake, and when the sun goes down, the flashing light atop the CN Tower.もっと詳しく