Just to show those of you who visit in the summer that a windy 40-degree October day has its blessings -- easy parking and no crowds.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

About a dozen hotels and two towers leer at the falls and gorge from the Canadian side of the river. None are on the US side -- the view just isn't that good, and besides, who wants to look at Canadians?
October 2, 2003
Pentax Elph APS

It is not completely clear why it would be profitable to build a 300-foot tower overlooking a sight that you can see perfectly well by walking up to it. Any why, wanting to have a look from on high, you would not build a ritzy hotel underneath it like all your neighbors, did, but... this is why I'm not in charge of the world.
Niagara Falls, ON
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

Massive sentinals spectate at Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

Canadian Hotels overlooking Niagara Falls
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

The American Falls at the left, the Canadian Horseshoe Falls at right center.
October 3, 2003
Pentax Elph APS

Both of the Niagara Falls, from Ontario, looking SE
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

A Maid of the Mist baptises the faithful; Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

At the end of the falls, people stand in yellow rain gear who have paid several dollars to descend in an elevator, walk behind the falls, and stand in the mist. We observed their example and did not emulate it. It was a cold day, and a cold drenching didn't seem alluring.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

Horseshoe Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

Looking over the brim of the cataract, across the horseshoe to Dufferin Island.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

American Niagara Falls, looking SE from Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

American Niagara Falls, SE from Ontario; with one of the Maids of the Mist, a 3-decker boat, for scale. A SW gale is blowing the spray aside from the falls.
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

The American Niagara, looking SE. One of the Maid of the Mist boats posed in the foreground for scale. Kind of it, don't you think.
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

The American Niagara in perspective. Note the bridgelike observation tower at the north end of the falls, which the US had to build so that not everyone would emigrate to Canada just to get a good view, and so that we could actually look at our own falls. The thin red lines among the rocks at the right (south) end of the falls are a walkway and stairs for adventurous tourists who want to descend from Dufferin Island for a good shower.
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

Just to prove that she was there... Note the stones of the wall, worn smooth by people posing for pictures.
Niagara, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Pentax Efina APS
Kodak Advantix 400

OK, we went together. Only 36 years and 2 months *after* our honeymoon.
Niagara, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Pentax Efina APS
Kodak Advantix 400

Niagara Falls, Ontario: The view downriver, to the north, from Horseshoe Falls, with the Rainbow bridge and the American lookout tower leaning over the water.
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

Niagara Falls, Ontario,
Dufferin Island behind Horseshoe Falls - looking NE
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

Niagara Falls, Ontario; view downriver to the north. Dufferin Island is beyond Horseshoe Falls; Rainbow Bridge is obscured by mist. This is the way it looks as your boat floats toward the brink...
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

The mists of Niagara in a strong SW wind.
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

A strong SW wind blows the mists downriver from Horshoe Falls. Across the river is Dufferin Island, named for a famously bad golf player.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Kodak HD 400

Niagara, Ontario, looking north across the falls. The brink of Horshoe Falls is in the foreground, American Falls is making spume downriver, beyond Dufferin Island.
October 2, 2003
Pentax Efina APS
Kodak Advantix 400

Niagara Falls, Ontario. The view SE upriver from Horshoe Falls.
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

Never content to let beauty lie unmolested, the Engineers blew away an entire island in order to create room for a power plant above Niagara Falls, in the distant background upriver. The view is to the S, from the outlet of the power spillway.
Niagara Falls, Ontario
October 2, 2003
Olympus OM-2n
Tamron 35-70mm
Fuji NPH 400

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