Our next adventure on the tour was Cave of the Winds. It was not really a cave but a very wet walk on steps beside Bridal Veil falls up close and personal.
The ticket price included the yellow rain ponchos here and sandals, presumably to make the walking less slippery.
Our guide collected our shoes and sox, returning them when we returned to the bus. Very convenient. Those on their own carried their shoes in plastic bags.
The red wooden walkways and platforms are erected every spring and taken down in the winter to avoid being destroyed by the winter’s ice. Horseshoe Falls is at the left and an abandoned power plant is on the Canadian side. Below, gulls find the area fine for nesting.
The falls are more impressive looking up at them from near the bottom.
The sound and force of the falling water is experienced so close to it.
The rocks fall from the upper part of the falls as the force of the water erodes the lip of the falls up the Niagara River.
Here is the crowded Canadian tour boat.
Much of the walk is directly over water just coming over the falls.
This platform is aptly called the Hurricane Deck. Jo is at the right. Picture taking opportunities were limited by having to keep the camera dry.
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