We goeth behind the falls

Pride goeth before, we goeth behind- everybody’s got to goeth somewhere, I suppose.  We took a more leisurely pace today, starting with a Sunday brunch at a place called The Famous on our way to the main strip of attractions.  The breakfast was pretty spectacular, and our choice of French toast was entirely due to our desire to eat more maple syrup.  

When we left there, we headed in the direction of the Journey Behind the Falls attraction.  You go in, don a complimentary poncho, head way, way down in an elevator (Cas seems to remember that it was about 125 meters, though my brain isn’t hard-wired to know what metric measurements mean) and step out onto a very misty, practically rainy pair of decks.  You wander the upper one for a while, they you go even lower with a flight of stairs.  There are also a pair of tunnels with guardrails at the ends of them, leading to portals where you can watch the falls right in front of your face.  It’s pretty amazing.  I know the water looked powerful from way up in our fancy hotel room, but standing just a few feet (meters?) from it- well, it was quite impressive.  

Cas noted that we kept getting gradually closer to the falls themselves.  The first day, we had a beautiful view from the 10th floor of a hotel.  The second day, we were on a boat right next to the bottom.  Today, we were feet from the water as it pounded down.  

We decided to wander a bit in the afternoon, looking at various souvenir shops and buying virtually nothing.  We both enjoyed having no particular commitments on our time in the afternoon.  It wasn’t rushed, and we didn’t have anywhere to be at any particular moment.  Perfect, actually.  We had dinner at a restaurant with an outdoor balcony- the same place we had lunch yesterday, actually.  We just really liked the place.  This time around, we had a little bit of sparkling wine.  We raised our glasses and toasted to another great summer and another really spectacular trip.  Canada accomplished, we said.  

We’ve just got to get out of town and back to Toronto tomorrow.  After that, it’s just a little bit of time on an airplane, and we’re back in sweltering Texas July.  I’ll check back in once or twice more before I hang up the old blog this summer.  We’ll be back on our next trip, I’m sure.  Until then, make sure you check out Cas’ photo album.  He does a great job putting it together: 

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