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Niagara, Part 2

7/9/2013

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Last month, most of the Cascadian Nomads spent some time thousands of miles from Cascadia. While vacationing, we took a break from blogging but we still wanted to share our awesome adventures with you.
Typist: Bethany
We started our visit to the American side of Niagara Falls where we had left off the night before, at the rapids, of course. It had been so rainy, the Niagara River was very swollen and some rapids were larger than our house. I could have sat and watched the rapids all day, but the dogs wanted to keep moving (Okay, I'll admit that I did too. The mist was just over the bridge!)
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What's all that noise?
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Huxley and Wilhelm sniffing the edge of the rapids
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That water is moving fast
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Sitting river side
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Niagara Falls State Park, Niagara Falls, New York
We walked along the rapids to the Western most bridge across the river to Goat Island. Unfortunately, there was restoration being done to the bridge so there wasn't much of a view of the rapids or the American Falls. We were also not able to go onto Luna Island. The newly restored paths to and on Luna Island, between the Bridal Veil and American Falls, opened a few days after we visited. What I did love was the relatively cool and breezy, partly cloudy day we had and all the dogs! Niagara Falls is a New York State Park and is leashed dog friendly. I do hope at some point New York State Parks install waste bag dispensers at a few places in the park since it seemed many visitors were, sadly, not prepared for clean up. There was a lot of waste around. I hate to see things like that spoil a wonderful, dog friendly place. And Niagara Falls State Park is definitely one of the country's most iconic, dog friendly offerings.
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Brychwyn on Goat Island
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Huxley, Wilhelm & Brychwyn overlooking Luna Island and the American Falls
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Wilhelm thinks we should go towards the mist (the Horseshoe Falls)
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Brychwyn and Huxley (and me too) agree that heading towards the mist is a good idea
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The Mist!
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Brychwyn, Huxley, Wilhelm and the Horseshoe Falls, Goat Island, Niagara State Park, New York
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This has been my favorite spot on Goat Island all my life. Watching the water fall and getting drenched with mist... I am so glad the dogs liked it too!
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Leashed cats can enjoy Niagara Falls too
Did I say Niagara Falls State Park is one of our nations best dog friendly attractions? I meant pet friendly! We met a very sweet cat enjoying the falls that day too.

After our cat visit and quite a while soaking up the mist, we continued our hike around Goat Island, enjoying the rapids on this side too. It was our good fortune to be among the first to appreciate the newly renovated Three Sisters Islands. The bridges and trails have been redone and the islands restored with native plants.
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Huxley wanted to play. He was missing his Amelia and this cat looked a bit like her but this cat did not want to play with a huge dog.
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Goat Island wrestling
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Viewing the Horseshoe Falls rapids from Goat Island
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Enjoying the new Three Sisters Islands bridges
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Sniffing the restored Three Sisters Islands path
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The rapids from a Three Sisters Islands bridge
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Three Sisters Islands
We headed back across Goat Island to the State Park mainland. Jason I took turns visiting one of the few "No Dogs" parts of the park, the Observation Deck. (We only went up because it was free; the view wasn't that exciting.) Jason said while he waited for me, about 75 people stopped to take pictures of the dogs (and I wasn't gone that long!) While I waited for him, I also had a lot of people ask questions about the dogs and take pictures. I especially enjoyed talking with a woman who's 14-year-old collie had recently passed away. I could tell petting Huxley made her very happy.

A lot of the people I spoke with on both days of our Niagara visits, were happy to see and pet our dogs because they had left their dogs at home. Why? This trip was so pet friendly! I am so glad I got to share a visit to this gorgeous part of the world with Wilhelm, Brychwyn and Huxley. Hopefully seeing 'R' Blood on the Tracks Boys enjoying a vacation and learning about how pet friendly a visit to Niagara Falls can be, next time, people who left their dogs behind will bring their them along (and waste bags too.)
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One of many paths on Goat Island
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Yes, there were squirrels
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Goat Island dogs and daisies
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Cruisin' along
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Leaving Goat Island
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Jason's photo of Niagara Falls from The Observation Deck
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Huxley, Wilhelm & Brychwyn at Niagara Falls
4 Comments
Taryn link
7/9/2013 04:36:10 am

I am glad you featured the US side. We stayed exclusively on the Canadian side so my views were different. When we went, we were about the only "dog-people" there as well. The boys always seem to bring in a lot of attention wherever we go!

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Bethany
7/9/2013 04:48:56 am

Cardis the center of attention? They wouldn't have it any other way!

We saw dogs walking on the Canadian side of the falls too, but it was very crowded over there, and dark, so we opted to let our boys snooze. I do think we were the only non-locals with dogs at Niagara-On-The-Lake, though. It's probably best you stuck to the Canadian side since (I forgot to add in this post that) the US customs agent on our way back into the US by car, recommend we not try to walk to the Canadian side with our dogs (and walking over is usually how I see the Falls- it's also the cheapest and simplest way to see both sides.) I didn't do any research on the subject beyond that inquiry. Maybe somebody else has experience with it?

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Molly The Wally link
7/9/2013 08:19:01 pm

Have a wonderful wordless Wednesday and stay cool.
Best wishes Molly

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Jackie Bouchard link
7/11/2013 01:42:32 pm

Great photos! We've only seen it from the Canadian side. (The falls are gorgeous, but as I recall the town right there is over-the-top busy/crazy with lots of ugly signage, etc.) We took our beagle with us - she was unimpressed with the falls but enjoyed scavenging the ground for dropped tourist snacks!

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