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Subject: Re: Niagara Falls usa side hotels? Posted on: Mon, 11 Jun 2007 22:20:24 EDT


"B Vaughan" wrote in message
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> On Sat, 9 Jun 2007 08:43:09 -0400, sechumlib
> wrote:
>
>>On 2007-06-08 19:41:14 -0400, "garciyalater@hotmail.com"
>> said:
>>
>
> Every time this comes up, everyone says that there's nothing at all on
> the American side, but we enjoyed our stay very much. We walked to the
> falls from our hotel twice, once in the daytime and once in the
> evening, to see the lights. (There wasn't much to see as the mist was
> a bit excessive that night.) We spent several hours in the park on the
> American side, walking along the Niagara river and standing above the
> falls. The river is so calm above the falls that it's a real shock to
> get to the edge and see all that water plummet into the gorge below.
> We also took the Maid of the Mist ride, which is the one must-do thing
> at the falls, in my opinion.
>
> The Canadian side is such a tourist trap that I would actually prefer
> to stay on the American side. I would never, on principle, stay in one
> of the high rises with a falls view. However, the next time I would
> walk, not drive, to the Canadian side at least once to get the better
> view.
>
> --
> Barbara Vaughan
>
If you don't mind a bit of a walk, then keep your car on the US side and
take a walk to the Canadian side. That way, you avoid the traffic, the
parking problems, and the long wait to cross the border.

Oh,,,there's a fifty cent toll (or is it 75 cents?) to walk across the
bridge back to the US.