Our Week at Niagara ends with a Splash!

We did have an action packed week at Niagara and had a lot of fun.  Here are our last 2 adventures before we moved on.  As you can see, it ended with a splash....or a lot of splashes!!!:)

We went on a tour of part of the Erie Canal.  We had really looked forward to this as we were supposed to go through two of the locks on the canal.  Unfortunately, the night before our tour there was a fire near the locks and they had to shut the locks down temporarily.  We drove into a lock so we could check one out but they had to back us out and we headed headed the opposite direction for a nice ride along the canal:

Heading toward the lock on the right

It was an interesting to check out the lock from the boats perspective even
if we could not go through

Backing out of the lock

This little boat was used to travel up and down the canal lighting lanterns so boats could make their way through at night

ahead of us the bridge raises so we can pass underneath

this old ice house was used to store ice blocks from the frozen Lake Erie for use in the summer

The story goes that this church was built by a boat captain who did not have time to leave the canal to be married
so he had the church built right on the canal and was married there!

looking down on the lock we had entered earlier via the canal

right next to the lock area we had a wine tasting in an old building, note the tin roof

We also checked out and bought a bottle of wine at the Chateau Niagara Winery that day

Our last adventure in the Niagara Falls area was the craziest and the most fun.....and wet!!
Remember the jet boat in my pics from the Whirlpool Trail?  Here we go!!!!!

about to have some fun, I took my meclazine!!!!

on the "wet deck" in back of the boat ready to go....

these folks hoped to stay dry inside......ha!

Here we gooooooooo!

we went through class 5 rapids!!

we made it back.....

just in time for me....I really pushed that, feeling a little off in spite of the meds (yes, I get motion sick) but it was worth it! May never do anything like it again........probably not?!?

 Yes, we had a great time in Niagara Falls!