The weather had cleared by the morning, it was sunny and warm, and we spent the morning having a look around Niagara Falls. It was a far cry from the sub-zero temperatures I had experienced last time I visited in January 2007. Niagara Falls really are spectacular and it belies belief the sheer volume of water that flows out of Lake Erie into Lake Ontario.
The first photo is of American Falls which are smaller but part of the same water system.
The second is looking west back up towards Niagara Falls, with Canada on the right and the USA on the left.
The third is standing at the falls looking down at one of the Maid of the Mist boats which cart tourists up river and close to the falls, where the all get saturated because of the volume of spray. You will see they are all wearing little blue plastic ponchos.
The fourth photo is of Craig and me.
We said goodbye to Craig about midday and then crossed back over the border into the U.S.. We proceeded east again mostly along the I90 but we also took some secondary roads to try and see a bit more of the countryside skirting around the south side of Lake Ontario. Our aim was to get some or all of the way to Vermont where some of the other Australasians were staying for the weekend. We ended up travelling north east up through an area in New York State called the Adirondack Mountains www.adrkmts.com includes a big national park. It was truly beautiful to drive through this area with any number of misty lakes and small towns. We stayed the night in a motel http://www.cedarhurstmotorlodge.com beside Lake Pleasant in a town called Speculator. We found a local place called Melody Lodge www.melodylodge.com to have dinner in which was very convivial and friendly. Again we had a really nice meal and met some very friendly people a mix of locals and people with holiday homes in the area.
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