We live about 3 hours away from Niagara Falls. John suggested we celebrate my birthday there this year, so the other day we headed out early in the morning to make it to Niagara on the Lake, Ontario for lunch at the Golf Club, the oldest golf course in No America, with a beautiful view!
The restaurant serves the best soups and each time I am more excited to try the "soup du jour". This was barbecue chicken soup, a sweet hearty soup for a cold day!
After lunch we shopped in town and the shops and restaurants were all decorated with fresh greens, red bows and twigs. Someone even put a Santa hat on George Bernard Shaw!
We met some interesting people.....
Niagara on the Lake is a quaint town located where the Niagara River flows into Lake Ontario. It is about 25 minutes from the Falls.
After we checked into out hotel in Niagara Falls, we walked down Murray Hill to stand at the very top of the falls! It was about 22' and windy, but a sight to see! The water is only 2-4' deep at the top of the falls and there is only a little more than an inch of erosion there each year. The water is so powerful and the mist is so high. In the summer it is refreshing, but in the winter it can be bitter!
Our hotel was directly across from the Fallsview Casino - and luckily we both won about $25 each!
My birthday dinner was at the Skylon in the Revolving Dining Room, 775 feet above the falls!
We were seated directly over the Falls and it took an hour for the floor to revolve back to the same area....the views of the city, Clifton Hills and the American Falls were also exciting to see from above. The Falls are illuminated at night, with the lights changing colors constantly!
After dinner we walked down to the Falls again for the 9:00 fireworks show:
I think we also perfected taking selfies - there were lots of giggles and retakes, but we got a few good ones:
On our way home John suggested we go to Seneca Falls for their "It's a Wonderful Life" celebration. Every year they hold this festival for one weekend to celebrate the author, Frank Capra, and the movie.
Frank Capra never admitted that Bedford Falls, the fictional setting of his 1946 movie “It’s A Wonderful Life,” was based on Seneca Falls, New York. But citizens of Seneca Falls firmly believe that to be so.
A great little town, a hometown parade, with Santa arriving at the end on a fire engine, the "famous Bridge", craft fairs, excellent restaurants and "characters" from the movie came to life on the sidewalks!!
It was a great birthday weekend getaway!
