Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada

After lunch we continued up the Niagara Parkway, a beautiful ride above the river with park and biking/hiking paths between the Parkway and the river. Wish I had a bike. The historic shopping center of Niagara-on –the-Lake is the most picture perfect spot you could want. Flowers, flowers, flowers everywhere.
It’s a tourist destination and lots of high class tourist shopping. They have a summer theatre season using three different venues around town that is highly rated. We stopped at the Shaw Theatre and picked up a brochure, but won’t be able to see anything this year. Fort George is also here but we didn’t visit. It’s directly across the mouth of the river from Fort Niagara.

Niagara-on-the-Lake was settled by refugees at the end of the American Revolution. It served as the first capitol of Ontario. It was “deliberately” burned by the American Army in 1813. The first anti-slavery legislation was adopted here and many slaves traveled the Underground Railroad to this area of Canada. It would be a wonderful place to spend a couple of days.

I stopped at another roadside stand and bought blueberries and plums. They assured me I would have no problem taking them across the border.

We drove south back to Niagara Falls, Ontario, and saw a movie at the IMAX theatre called “Legends and Daredevils.” It was okay, but not spectacular. John tried to talk me into going up to the observation deck of the Skylon, the tower where I had wanted to have my birthday dinner. But I decided I didn’t want to see the view badly enough to do it by myself so we headed home. It took us a few tries to find the Rainbow Bridge, the second of the three bridges. It is very close to where we are staying. Sure enough, the Immigration officials asked me what kind of fruit I had, but didn’t take it from me.