424 miles; 12 1/2 hours
Niagara Falls State Park is a wonderful "Park" (from the state that brought you "Central Park"). It is a GREAT place to walk around, with the sound of rushing water everywhere! The northern part is seeing American Falls:
while the southern part is seeing the Canadian Falls:
Ellie and I saw this from the Canadian side when we drove back from Eau Claire, Wisconsin a few years ago.
The parkland is very nice:
BUT THEN YOU SEE THE FALLS!!
I paid $1.25 to go up on the Observation Deck (it is worth it!):
Other fun pictures include:
The rapids of Hell's Half Acre on the Niagara River right above the Falls (with St. Catherines in the distance):
Rainbow above tour boat:
The Canadian Falls:
and a nice look back at the American Falls:
I highly recommend visiting Niagara Falls!!
The just a few miles up the road to the Castellani Art Museum, Niagara University. They have some art-in-my-app, so I emailed them to see if anything was "available for viewing". I heard back from Michael J. Beam, the Curator of Exhibitions and Collections! and he said drop by - they are in an unopened gallery, but he will let me in!!
Albert Bierstadt - Red Mountain Peaks, n.d.:
and, back in the storeroom:
Thomas Hill - Vernal Falls, 1890
and a piece by Frederic Edwin Church that I did not know about!
Then over the Border into Canada!
and off to park right in front of the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto! (Thank You God)
they had a Claude Monet - Étretat: L’Aiguille and the Porte d’Aval, 1885-1886 wood panel
and nice paintings by Otto R. Jacobi - Falls of Sainte-Anne, Quebec, 1865
(Canada's John Kensett)
Lucius R. O'Brien - Northern Head of Grand Manan, 1879
(Canada's William Bradford)
The architecture of the museum is pretty cool:
They have the Henry Moore Sculpture Centre
and a fun Andy Warhol - Elvis I and II, 1963-64 silkscreen
Traffic leaving Toronto (and in Toronto, for that matter) was horrible. And there was a "closed higway" north of Toronto, so I had to figure out an alternate route (not that easy without Internet on your iPhone). But checked in to the Super 8 in Sudbury, Ontario at 8:30 [after going through some Beautiful Country over the Key River and the French River on 400]. Thank You GOD for this wonderful Adventure!
Music today was from my big iPod:
starting in the cool of the morning with Pat Metheny Group - Pat Metheny Group, 1978
then back to the W's
Patti Smith - Wave, 1979
(only 3 songs are good)
Van Morrison - Wavelength, 1978
Bruce Hornsby and the Range The Way It Is, 1986
I remember listening to this cd (and his 2nd [Scenes from the Southside]) on the Island Queen over to the Vineyard when I bought my first cd player (SONY portable). It was SOOOOO COOL that I could hold the player in my hand, and move it around (even turn it upside-down) and the music kept playing and sounding great!
Pat Metheny Group - The Way Up, 2005
various artists - WBCN Naked Disc, 1997
The Decemberists We All Raise Our Voices to the Air (Live Songs 04.11–08.11), 2012
Harry Connick, Jr. - We Are In Love, 1990
I have started playing "Check Off The License Plates". Today I saw: OH, and Alberta and Quebec.
It was 80 degrees (F) at 4:13 PM.
