Forster's Tern



Blue Morpho, Niagara Butterfly Conservancy



Overlooking the falls at the Pinnacle Room, Tower Hotel

Tower Hotel

Aearly AM, Horseshoe falls

Maid of the Mist

Horse Shoe Falls, shadow of Tower Hotel

The falls, night illumination

Watson Glen St. Park Gorge

Watson Glen St. Park Gorge

Watson Glen St. Park Gorge

Corning Glass Museum

Taughanook Falls Gorge

Taughanook Falls

Hector Falls

Chateau Lafitte Renaud Winery

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.