We just celebrated our 30th wedding anniversary and our tradition has always been to celebrate each anniversary by the water (lakes, oceans, rivers etc) and this year we have booked a Caribbean Cruise for February. On the actual date, to keep up with tradition, we spent a few days in the Niagara Falls area. It's only a 3 hour drive and the Falls are beautiful - the power of the water makes you wonder how anyone could ever survive going over them!!
The Canadian Falls
The Skylon Tower (revolving dining room and observatory) - where we had our anniversary dinner:
The Canadian Falls from the Skylon Tower Dining Room:
The Whirlpool River before it meets Lake Ontario:
Niagara on the Lake - a quaint little town with lots of shops and restaurants:
One of my favorite artists' gallery - Angie Strauss - unfortunately she is closing down - so I bought one more print (of Niagara Falls, of course)
The area between the Falls and Niagara on the Lake has many, many wineries, so, of course, we stopped at a few. Ice wine is quite popular in this area - a sweet dessert wine in a lovely tall thin bottle:
My favorite wine at Konzelmann's was their Peach wine, and we can only bring back 2 bottles through customs, so that we did!
More great fruit wines:
While eating lunch at an outside restaurant in Niagara on the Lake, I spied this beauty:
NY has so many great areas to take day trips or short vacations, and if you've never been to Niagara Falls - its a MUST DO!
The summer ends for me this week as school begins the day after Labor Day... summertime goes by so quickly! But I do look forward to the Fall in the Adirondacks.
The American Falls
The Canadian Falls
The Skylon Tower (revolving dining room and observatory) - where we had our anniversary dinner:
American Falls from the Skylon Tower Dining Room
The Canadian Falls from the Skylon Tower Dining Room:
The Whirlpool River before it meets Lake Ontario:
Niagara on the Lake - a quaint little town with lots of shops and restaurants:
One of my favorite artists' gallery - Angie Strauss - unfortunately she is closing down - so I bought one more print (of Niagara Falls, of course)
The area between the Falls and Niagara on the Lake has many, many wineries, so, of course, we stopped at a few. Ice wine is quite popular in this area - a sweet dessert wine in a lovely tall thin bottle:
My favorite wine at Konzelmann's was their Peach wine, and we can only bring back 2 bottles through customs, so that we did!
More great fruit wines:
While eating lunch at an outside restaurant in Niagara on the Lake, I spied this beauty:
NY has so many great areas to take day trips or short vacations, and if you've never been to Niagara Falls - its a MUST DO!The summer ends for me this week as school begins the day after Labor Day... summertime goes by so quickly! But I do look forward to the Fall in the Adirondacks.
