I took this photo from the second floor of the Niagara Falls visitors center overlooking the Canadian "Horseshoe" falls. Thirty four million gallons of water goes over the falls every minute. That's nearly thirty 20,000 gallon swimming pools every second, if I did my math right.
The Maid of the Mist tour boats were running with full loads when we looked down on them from the railing above. We considered taking it, but time was telling us we needed lunch pretty soon.
Instead we watched a 25 minute presentation called Niagara's Fury, a stunning film with, lights, sound, moving floor, rain, snow, cold wind show.. a wet and wild affair. It told of the creation of Niagara Falls during the ice age to today. At $15 a person it seemed like a lot, but it was really well done.
Then we drove up the Niagara Parkway to Niagara On The Lake.
A neat area of nice homes, a busy downtown with restaurants and shops designed for the upscale traveler. We were told of a restaurant on Mary Street called the Stone Road Grill by a chap up in Little Current a few days ago. He said his son worked there and suggested we dine there. We headed there and found a cute little seafood, epicurean hide away. And had a terrific lunch. But Brett was not there... he only works the dinner shift.
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Also in Niagara on the Lake-- lunch at the Olde Angel Inn and Pub with Charlie, Beth, Brenda and Bryan Morgan, David and Joanne Birtwhistle (from the Canadian Club) and Bob and Missy.
Our little group got back on Lakeshore Road, past a bunch of winery's, made a stop at a fruit stand for some peaches, then with the threat of rain we headed back to the hotel. About 5 miles from the hotel the clouds darkened and we stopped to put up the hooding. Less than 5 minutes later we encountered a sudden thunderstorm.
We made it back to the hotel, parked under the portico and finished putting on the side curtains and wiping down the cars, and us. Sorry we didn't think to take a picture of the fire drill we were running to enclose the cars.
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A half hour later three more Morgans arrived, also soaked.
Missy McKenna took this photo of Charlies car led by Brian and Brenda Morgan's car, with top down, in the rain.
Ah, British cars... what fun.
Our pizza dinner, complements of the Pub Crawl treasury, started with refreshments in the Miller suite where some presentations were made for services and valor to the pub crawl. Art and Patsy Kamspchafer were recognized for their tenaciousness in the shadow of mechanical issues with their car. Gary was presented a gift for doing the blog. And Charlie was given some gifts for his leadership of the entire event. Announcements were made about the next Pub Crawl in 2014 and Art invited us to the Kentucky 1000 this fall in Kentucky (where else).
I've done pictures of each couple on the crawl, but missed a two shot of Diane and Mike Dewar of Canada who have participated in a couple Pub Crawls. They live over near Windsor, CA, just outside of Detroit and drive a very nice Morgan Plus 8.
Our Pizza dinner was expertly catered by the staff of the Four Points hotel with soft drinks, beer, wine and several Pizzas. A jovial group winding down a 17 day adventure. Lots of hugs and invitations to join again were passed around. And a slow withdrawal to our individual rooms.
We made it around the Great Lakes in good order. Over 2500 miles, plus mileage to and from our individual homes over at least 18 days. (A and O on this map is where this blog editor lives.)
Tomorrow, Day 18 we all go our separate ways, some early starters and some later. We plan another Morgan Pub Crawl in the summer of 2014 to the north east states -- New York and New England.
Until then, thanks for your attention and comments to our trip and best wishes for a safe trip home.
Regards,
Gary and Sally K
Good stuff Gary. . . I enjoyed the blog very much! ~Tim Kelly
ReplyDeleteGood stuff, Gary. Hope to see you in Maine in 2014. -- Jack Flynn
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