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Trip to Niagara

3/11/2019

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Saturday afternoon we went for for a little drive to Niagara Falls. I took along Paige, Olivia and Cookie. I figured those two little girls had never been anywhere yet, and having originally come from Egypt where it's always hot and dry, they might appreciate seeing a huge waterfall in the dead of winter. Well, maybe not 'dead of winter', as it was almost mid March.

When we go to Niagara Falls, we always get off the highway and go to Niagara on the Lake first....
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It's a quaint old town pretty much directly south of us across Lake Ontario, on the mouth of the Niagara River. We parked and got out to explore a park along the lake...
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The Spring thaw was well underway....
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But there was a very strong, cold wind blowing in from across the lake....
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"What's that over there??"  asked Cookie...
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"That's an old Fort. That's the United States over there, and they built that a couple of hundred years ago, in case the British up here might decide to invade. We have a fort on our side too, a bit further along the river, right across from them, on the other side of town."
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"So I guess we weren't always friends with the Americans then?"
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"Not back in the early 1800's."
Next stop was Queenston Heights, where there is a monument to Sir Isaac Brock, commander of the British forces, who drove back the Americans in the War of 1812.
​"If it wasn't for him, we would have been part of the United States."
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Queenston Heights is high up on the edge of the Niagara escarpment, with a view down over the Niagara River....
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"Let's get back in the car. Next stop is the Falls!"
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5 Comments
Donna
3/11/2019 09:56:17 am

Beautiful photos (as always!). The girls look chilly, but happy to be out enjoying their trip.

I always enjoy the interesting bits of Canadian history you weave into your stories.

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Martha
3/11/2019 10:03:19 am

Thanks! Background history is the only way to include some of the scenic shots, because I don't want all my doll pictures to be like 'selfies'...like, here they are in front of the lake....or, here they are in front of the fort.....and, here they are in front of an old monument.......etc...... Plus the dolls don't have to be in everything.

Which reminds me of an old Flinstones episode where Fred buys a movie camera and takes movies of Pebbles everywhere,...Here's Pebbles waving hello at the library....here's Pebbles waving goodbye at the museum.....etc....

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Renate
3/11/2019 11:59:53 am

Your commet makes me smile :) Because that's exactly the way some of the blogs I used to follow were : they went here, then went there, etc etc... :D Not very interesting to read.

Great idea to do it the way you did it! Love it :)

Dorothy
3/11/2019 12:34:16 pm

Thank you for the tour and the history lesson. Geez, I have forgotten so much since 9th grade history class (laugh).

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Martha
3/11/2019 01:05:36 pm

You're welcome! That whole area around Niagara is full of important historical sites

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