After the aviary we took a walk with the intention of seeing Simcoe St and then heading out to a brewery I found on one of the tourist maps I picked up.
As we turned onto Simcoe St I saw a black squirrel. I knew about black squirrels but what I didn’t know was that in Canada black squirrels and black cats get along…
OK, so that’s a bit tongue in cheek, but it was funny to see the squirrel, panic about the cat coming toward it, and then watch it walk right past it without a second thought. Huh, guess he wasn’t hungry.
Unfortunately I neglected to inspect the scale on the map and felt quite foolish when I realized how far we had to walk to get to the brewery. And even more foolish when we arrived at the closed brewery! Ack! The address was right, but the building was closed up, apparently that map I picked up was a bit dated. We got a nice walk out of it though, and got to see some amusing Inns on the way, like this one:
Since the brewery was a bust, we walked back toward the main touristy area of Niagara Falls and found a pizzeria to eat at. The beer list was unimpressive, so I just went with a Labatt Blue (Ew? But I was in Canada!)
After food we went walking toward the main “strip” of Niagara Falls, the tourist district full of campy museums of all kinds, haunted houses, mini golf, ice cream, souvenir shops – and I loved all of it. But first it was down to see the falls!
And then, being me, I had to get some fudge and go to one of the campy wax museums – hurrah!
By the time we left the wax museum we were pretty tired. We got some ice cream on the way back to the B&B and then crashed for the night. Plans for the next day? Maid of the Myst! Dinner in Skylon Tower!