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| Forster's Tern |
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| Blue Morpho, Niagara Butterfly Conservancy |
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| Overlooking the falls at the Pinnacle Room, Tower Hotel |
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| Tower Hotel |
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| Aearly AM, Horseshoe falls |
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| Maid of the Mist |
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| Horse Shoe Falls, shadow of Tower Hotel |
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| The falls, night illumination |
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| Watson Glen St. Park Gorge |
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| Watson Glen St. Park Gorge |
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| Watson Glen St. Park Gorge |
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| Corning Glass Museum |
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| Taughanook Falls Gorge |
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| Taughanook Falls |
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| Hector Falls |
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| Chateau Lafitte Renaud Winery |
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| Last evening, Chateau Lafitte Renaud Inn |
A week after returning from Alaska, my wife surprised me with a trip (another "bucket List" item) with a trip to Niagara Falls, a site I have wanted to visit all of my life. Our trip consisted of an overnight in a B&B in Waterloo, NY, then on to the Tower Hotel on the Canadian side, with a grand view from our room of the falls, then back to the Finger Lakes to stay at a winery, the Chateau Lafitte Renaud, whose dry riesling was the top wine at a recent competition. While at the winery, we took side trips to the Watson Glen St. Park and the location of one of the most wonderful gorges, with a hike up hundreds of steps following the water, and 17 waterfalls!. We also visited the Cornell lab of Ornithology, and Taughannock Falls, the tallest free fall falls in the East. And finally to the Corning Glass Museum, which was almost overwhelming in its collection. So I will post photos of all of the above, knowing I can't do justice to the trip. Thank you, Susan, it was the best birthday of my life.
