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Exploring Niagara Falls: A Journey Across the Border Johnny Mac ventures to Niagara Falls at the end of...

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Exploring Niagara Falls: A Journey Across the Border Johnny Mac ventures to Niagara Falls at the end of June, sharing his experiences walking along the Canadian side, crossing the Rainbow Bridge, and exploring various attractions. He describes the scenic river walk, the Niagara City Cruises, and thrilling experiences like the Wild Play Mistrider Zipline. Johnny details his exploration of the Grandview Marketplace, Floral Show House, and the famous Butterfly Conservatory. He also takes listeners across the border to the U.S. side, exploring Niagara Falls State Park, the Cave of the Winds, and provides tips for future travelers.

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Caloroga Shark Media.

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Hey, I'm Johnny macan. Travel is back this weekend for

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the next few I went up to Nira Falls right

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around the end of June. It was the longest day

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of the year. Stayed on the Canadian side, walked over

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the bridge to the American side, and then did some

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other local stuff. So what you'll hear this week is

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mainly me walking around with my recorder. Let's jump in.

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Welcome to Niagara Falls, Canada, doing the river walk on

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the Canadian side. Beautiful view of the falls here heading

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away from the Rainbow Bridge. The water's a beautiful blue turquoise.

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Nice easy drive up from New Jersey, mostly Interstates, one

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state road that took us through some farms and passed

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the National Park. Nothing crazy, a little more touristy on

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the Canadian side that I was expecting when you go

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a couple blocks in where I'm staying. But down here

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by the water, it's what expected. Nice river walk on

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a very hot June day when we had that he

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wave away back coming up here to the Niagara City

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Cruises and the funicular entrance the Niagara Falls Incline Railway

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commonly known as the Funicular offers visitors a unique way

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to descend into the Niagara Gorge. The glass enclosed elevator

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car travels at a thirty degree angle, providing panoramic views

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of the falls and the surrounding landscape during the short

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but scenic ride. It connects the falls views tourist area

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to Table Rock Welcome Center, making it convenient for tourists

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to access different vantage points while you're over there. City

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Cruises formerly known as the Hornblower Niagara Cruises you've also

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heard of Made of the mist It's all kind of

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doing the same thing. If you're up there, don't worry

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about what brand you get, Just go on a boat.

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They're all doing the same thing. Offer is an up

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close and exhilarating boat tour of the falls. These iconic

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red catamar ends take visitors to the base of the

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Horseshoe Falls, allowing them to experience the thunderous roar and

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misty spray of the cascading water. I did that. It

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was amazing. I can't remember now. I think I left

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the recorder home because I didn't want to get it wet,

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but the audio would have just been you know, sh anyway,

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but it was amazing. You definitely want to do that.

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The tour provides stunning photo opportunities and a thrilling perspective

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of the falls. Immensive power Ceade Cruises offers both daytime

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and evening tours, with the latter featuring illuminated views of

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the falls. We're making our way into the Grand View

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marketplace made of the missed plaza reshrooms. It's always a

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good thing. This is nice. How it's down a little bit?

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Are you gonna zip line across the river now? The

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wild Play mist Writer's Zipline to the Falls offers thrill

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seekers a unique and adrenaline pumping way to experience Niagara Falls.

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I'm a fraidy cat. No chance of me doing that one.

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I looked it looked like fun, but I know I

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have a fear of heights. I would be terrified. Right

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is launch from an observation deck near the top of

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the Niagara Gorge and soar along four parallel ziplines for

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about twenty two hundred feet, descending towards the base of

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the Horseshoe Falls. It's probably incredible, but just not for me.

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During the ride, participants reach speeds of up to forty

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three miles an hour while taking in views of the

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American and Horseshoe Falls. The zipline provides a bird's eyes

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perspective of the rushing waters and mist, giving riders a

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sense of flying over one of the world's most famous

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natural wonders. How long does it take? About a minute?

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Now?

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All right? I have found these sweet spots for photos

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straight ahead, and I got myself for railing. You. Now

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get to listen to me take some selfies. What a

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great view, It's nice.

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A little bit of a breeze.

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Here's a nice spot. It's a hot June day. Kind

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of spray is coming off the falls. Just feels good.

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I just want to take in a spray for a second.

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I just like the way the water feels. Wow, the

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most amazing rainbow ever see. Taking a shot of one

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of the boats right under it. It's making a water

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like two colors. Selfie time, right. I guess that explains

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Rainbow Bridge. Yeah, boy, that's beautiful. The Rainbow Bridge is

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an iconic structure spanning the Niagara Gorge, connecting the cities

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of Niagara Falls, New York in the US and Niagara Falls, Ontario,

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where I stayed in Canada. Completed in nineteen forty one.

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This Orchbridge stretches nine hundred and fifty feet across the river,

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offering pedestrians, cyclists, and vehicles a picturesque crossing between the

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two countries. It is a popular spot for tourists and photographers.

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Its name comes from the frequent rainbows that appear in

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the mist rising from the falls visible from the bridge

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on sunny days. It's also an important border crossing point,

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equipped with customs and immigration facilities on both ends. At night,

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the bridge is illuminated with colorful lights, contributing to the

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enchanting atmosphere of the Niagara Falls area. After dark, we

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actually walked across the bridge to the US. I'll share

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that audio a little bit later. Boy, how great was

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that rainbow? Now making my way up to Table Rock Center,

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which is where my three and a half hour boat

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tour is for tomorrow that I don't even know what

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I booked over by Table Rock as where you will

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find the awesome rainbow. Table Rock Center offers some of

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the most spectacular views of Niagara Falls, positioning visitors mere

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feet from the thundering waters of the Horseshoe Falls. The

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complex serves as a hub for several attractions and amenities,

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making it a central point for many tourist Niagara Falls experiences.

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A quality bathroom you know you do enough road trips.

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That's good to know, right, Plus a pretty decent gift

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shop in there. One of the main attractions is Journey

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Behind the Falls, which I did and I will tell

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you about next week, where visitors can descend one hundred

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and twenty five feet through bedrock to observation decks and

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tunnels that open directly behind the massive sheet of falling water.

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It was awesome. The complex also includes a large visitor

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information center, providing tourists with details about the falls and

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other local attractions. There's a restaurant with falls views. Pretty

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cool place. The Floral Showhouse is a charming attraction offering

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visitors a peaceful retreat from the bustling torus areas around

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the falls. It's just south of the Horseshoe Falls. It's

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a historic greenhouse complex that's been delighting visitors for over

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a century. It features a year round display of vibrant flowers,

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tropical plants, and unique collections that change with the seasons.

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The main greenhouse is home to orchids, succulents, and other

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exotic plants, creating a lush oasis regardless of the weather outside.

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It was hot when I went. One of the highlights

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I can get to do this is the butterfly conservatory.

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I love those. If you go back through the feed

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in the Key West episode, I did a butterfly conservatory.

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There's so much fun. Visitors can walk among free flying

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butterflies in a tropical setting. The facility also includes outdoor

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gardens that are particularly spectacular during spring and summer. We

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got there about eight minutes before close, so the people

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working there were like, you don't want to come in.

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We're like, oh, we just wanted to check it out,

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but yeah, we're not gonna pay X dollars for eight minutes.

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But they did have bathrooms as obviously mentioned, always good

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to know, and cold drinks. It was so hot, so

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that was a win. And what we did see in

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the open of the public area looked great. Let's take

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the break. When we come back, we'll walk over to America.

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I am walking to America. I'm walking on the bridge

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from Canada US pros yup. It costs you a dollar

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to walk the bridge. I hope you have a dollar.

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Wea had to put a one dollar US bill in

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the machine to get four quarters takes US dollars Canadian dollars,

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and all I brought is credit cards. But we figured

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out nice view from the middle of the bridge. Here

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I could see one, two boats out. Nice view of

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all the falls. I'm leaning over. I'm afraid I'm gonna

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lose my hat and it's gonna fall a thousand feet.

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So we'll always take a walk over to the US

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side and see what's over here and get something to eat.

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I'm now in Niagara State Park on the New York side.

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Pretty nice park, walking down the water. Just nice to

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get a different view. Looks like we can get a

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lot close with the water on this side. Oh there's

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the broken bridge we saw. Yeah, much closer to the

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water here. This is neat really nice park. Niagara Falls

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State Park located on the New York side. Awesome. I

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was blown away, really impressive. The two sides are different.

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I think you get better views of the falls from

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the Canadian side, But in terms of do you like parks,

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I thought the New York side was pretty awesome. It

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is America's oldest state park, established in eighteen eighty five,

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Niagara Falls State Park, New York encompasses about four hundred

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acres of lush landscape and protected wildlife. It provides access

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to the American Falls, bridal Veil Falls, and a view

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of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls across the river. Key attractions

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include the Observation Tower, which extends out over Niagara Gorge,

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offering panoramic views of all three falls. They did not

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get to that, The Cave of the Winds and experience

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that takes visitors to the base of bridal Veil Falls

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via wooden walkways, The Mate of the Mist, the famous

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boat tour, as I mentioned earlier, grab any boat. They're

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all good. The Niagar Discovery Center is an interactive museum.

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I didn't make it into there. It was already evening

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by the time I made it to the New York side.

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Some hiking trails. Prospect Point is a prime viewing area

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for the American Falls. You'll hear me talk about that

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in a bit. The park is opened year round. I'm

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glad we did this. This is a totally different view.

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Yeah, it's a very different experience.

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Very different. I guess we're seeing the falls from the

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backside quite the current, and I guess that's Goat Island

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over there, like straight across. Wow, that water is moving. Huh.

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Take a look here at the water uncoming from under

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the pedestrian bridge. Just so much water. You could appreciate

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this from the Canadian side. Boy, look at that water.

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Come down a little closer. I'm sure you can hear it.

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Make our way to the pedestrian bridge, to the Goat

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Island and the Cave of the Winds of Noida. What

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Cave of the Winds is but I gotta check it out.

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Cave of the Winds is one of the most thrilling

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attractions at Niagara Falls State Park on the American side.

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Visitors take a journey to the base of the Bridal

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Veil Falls, allowing you to get remarkably close to the water.

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The attraction begins with an elevator ride one hundred and

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seventy five feet down. There was an extra charge for that.

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I didn't do it a combination of price and how

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much daylight I had left. From there, visitors follow a

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series of wooden walkways and platforms that lead them to

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within mere feet of the crashing falls. The Hurricane deck

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brings you within twenty feet of the falls there you

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can feel the tropical storm like conditions created by the

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falling water. That's a great description the elevators. By the

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way I move it, four hundred feet per minute. I

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don't know about elevator's journal. That sounds pretty fast to me.

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All right, I've made it to the top of the

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falls on the American side, and now you can really

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appreciate the height of it. Wow, that's quite the drop.

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This is a stupid but reminds me of the world's

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the largest a log flume ride. All right, here are

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on American Falls, Luna Island and Bridal Veil Falls. Crestline

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eleven hundred feet height one and seventy six feet summer

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daytime flow seventy five thousand gallons per second, caution slippery

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and uneven surfaces. Looking back at the Canada side, the

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ferris wheel, he is all it up. That looks pretty cool.

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And wow right here I am just at the edge

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of the falls, and what a great view I have

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right now, take a listen to this. Oh we have

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to get down there somehow. What a great view, right?

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What's what?

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So that's just straight down? Yeah? Look how much water

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that is and how fast? Wow?

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Do that it se many sections there because that was well.

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Cave of the winds elevator was twenty one dollars and

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it's late in the day. Did not get to do it.

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I'll tell you about it in a second. Now at

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tear upon Point, Horseshoe Falls crosslines twenty five hundred feet

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height one hundred and sixty seven feet summer daytime flow

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six hundred and seventy five one thousand gallons for a second. Wow.

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So this is the view of the falls that you

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have in your mind, as seen in from the American side.

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We got all that missed, right. I'm gonna come down

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here a little bit close to the water and get

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wet at please, missy. And after a very hot day

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it was eighty seven degrees or earlier today this missed.

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It feels amazing, real nice views here from Terrapin Point.

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Look back towards the bridge I walked over. It's seven

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fifty eight still boats out on the water here on

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the longest day of the year. That was part of

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my strategy for driving up today is to use the

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extended daylight to night advantage. Oh boy, this feels so good.

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You have no idea, So stand here and get wet.

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I'll probably break the recorder, but I'm hot. Turning Point

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at Niagara Falls is located on Goat Island. It offers

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one of the closest and most dramatic views of the

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Horseshoe Falls. From there, you cannot only see the Horseshoe Falls,

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but also paranoramic views of the river and the Canadian skyline.

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Highly recommended by me. Easy to walk over there, and

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the mist was kind of nice, cooling me off. Terrapin

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Point has a rich history dating back to the early

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nineteenth century. In eighteen thirty three, the Terrapin Tower was

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built on the site, a forty five a foot tall

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stone structure that extended out over the Horseshoe Falls. However,

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they were concerned about its stability, so they demolished it

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in eighteen seventy three, probably a good idea. In twenty

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fifteen's Terrapin Point underwent a significant five point six billion

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dollar renovation as part of the Niagara Falls State Park

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Landscape Improvement Plan. Some other points of view to check out.

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Prospect Point, located on the mainland. It offers a frontal

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view of the American Falls. Luna Island is situated between

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the American and Bridal Veil Falls. That'll give you close

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up views of both, but doesn't offer a good view

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of the Horseshoe Falls. Three Sisters Island gives you a

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view of the rapids from above the Horseshoe Falls. The

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observation tower provides elevated views of all three falls, but

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from a greater distance than Terrapin Point. I did put

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their corner away there for a second. It was a

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pretty decent amount of water. Oh look at these lovely

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daffidils just growing up off the side of the falls. Beautiful,

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super happy flowers just blowing in the wind. Why when

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you look at the water heading towards the falls, it

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looks like the ocean, just a bunch of white caps

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coming in. So much water. What is breeze? This mist

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feels amazing. I don't leave. Then we headed back to

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the American side and our hotel, which was right by

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Clifton Hill. Let's listen. This is Clifton Hill, which is

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like a New Jersey boardwalk arcade come to life. There. Touristy.

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That's interesting. Having just come from the New York side,

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I was told the New York side was touristy and

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stay on Canada. Now, Canada's got the better fuse of

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the falls. But to me, this is like the cheesy

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part of Vegas. Where's the Niagara State Bark was awesome?

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All right? We here we have the Niagara Brewing Company

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and Ice Cold Beer looking pretty attractive. Here's Pirate parent

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Putt Minni Golf looks like fun. On my left of

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Windy's Movie lands a wax museum of the Stars, now

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passing a pretty basic souvenir shop. Funhouse, So the big

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colorful bird on the roof next to Ruby Tuesdays? What

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is the fun house? Like an old style funhouse? Okay,

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the Great Canadian Midway that is New Jersey boardwalk style orchids.

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Here's a Haunted House, the Maze of Lasers, Fudge Place,

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Boston Pizza, Dippin' Dots, Dracula's Haunted Castle. Not to be

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confused with the Haunted House. It is fun, but it's

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like cheese dipped in cheese whiz. Here's gags and giggles.

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I'm curious, just t shirts, right, what's gags and giggles

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about it? Another souvenir shop, the Blue Moose, And there's

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a nice blue moose up front. Gotta get a picture

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with the moose smile. Both dairy queen and ice cream

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look good. But I just had a smoothie Little van

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Halen on the radio. I like it. Here's the sky

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wheel all it up. That looks pretty. Yeah, at nine

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o'clock in the summer, skywheel looks great up against the

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twilight sky. It is June twentieth as I record this

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sunset here eight fifty nine, which is what it is

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right now. That looks great. Here's dinosaur adventure golf with

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a couple dinos. Cool mountain with water running down it

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that looks like a lot of fun. Duck tank winner

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every time, Carnival chaos, funnel cakes, ice cream, and the

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thing I've had my eye on, the Niagara Speedway, a

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multi level go kart racing thing. I can't tell if

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you're just kind of driving around for fun if you're

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actually in a race, But very tempted. And with that

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we made our way back to the hotel, quite exhausted.

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I was playing on my phone in bed, and I

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certainly heard some booms and I was like, oh, fireworks.

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At ten o'clock the fireworks went off. I could kind

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of see them out the window. But it was too

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tired to stare at the fireworks. As fireworks go, they

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were okay fireworks, you know, they're like the every night fireworks.

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Lasted maybe five minutes or so. In the next episode,

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we'll go out on the boats and behind the falls

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and tell you a little bit more about Niagara Falls.

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You've heard of it. It's famous for a reason. It's

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pretty cool. Meets you back here next week. Travel is

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