{"id":953,"date":"2005-06-28T10:39:48","date_gmt":"2005-06-28T15:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=953"},"modified":"2016-07-27T10:44:07","modified_gmt":"2016-07-27T15:44:07","slug":"niagara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=953","title":{"rendered":"Niagara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back from a brief trip to Niagara Falls. It was a business trip with a mission, as I will explain later, so there was no time to go get soaked on the Maid of the Mist boat tour at the base of the falls. We did have a view of the falls from our hotel window, as well as of the very visible new casino.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/horseshoefalls.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-954\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/horseshoefalls.jpg\" alt=\"horseshoefalls\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/horseshoefalls.jpg 350w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/horseshoefalls-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/casino.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-955\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/casino.jpg\" alt=\"casino\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/casino.jpg 350w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/casino-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Upon our arrival a skywalker crossed the distance between our hotel top to the casino hotel&#8217;s top. A distance of 700 feet at a height of 500 feet. I am still wondering what kind of security device he has&#8230;if any&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-956\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker1.jpg\" alt=\"skywalker1\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-957\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker2.jpg\" alt=\"skywalker2\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker2.jpg 350w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/skywalker2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We did drop by the casino for a few minutes to check it out. The entrance hall is dominated by a strange fountain that lighst up and gurgles noisily as it changes colour.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainblue.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-958\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainblue.jpg\" alt=\"fountainblue\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainblue.jpg 263w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainblue-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainred.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-959\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainred.jpg\" alt=\"fountainred\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainred.jpg 263w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fountainred-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The activity we were helping with was taking place in another hotel located right in front of the American side of the falls, so even if the falls are smaller , they still look better in this photo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fallsamerican.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-960\" src=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fallsamerican.jpg\" alt=\"fallsamerican\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fallsamerican.jpg 350w, https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/fallsamerican-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I just got back from a brief trip to Niagara Falls. 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