{"id":11436,"date":"2013-08-21T19:18:24","date_gmt":"2013-08-21T23:18:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=11436"},"modified":"2013-08-21T19:33:23","modified_gmt":"2013-08-21T23:33:23","slug":"day-61-tuesday-august-20-dunnvill-to-niagara-falls-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=11436","title":{"rendered":"Day 61. Tuesday, August 20 – Dunnvill to Niagara Falls, Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"

Left early this morning\"\"<\/a>to bike the couple of miles to our favorite Canadian coffee stop. \"\"<\/a>By 7:30 we were sufficiently sugared and coffeed and pushed off into the warm 68\u00b0 humid morning. For our few miles in the countryside,\"\"<\/a> we enjoyed the wind blowing at our back.\"\"<\/a> Then our course took a turn and we rode along the Lake Erie\"\"<\/a> in the Low Banks area, finally able to see the water and shoreline. \"\"<\/a>The area was filled with an assortment of homes,\"\"<\/a>large to small, cottages to castles, nestled side by side all enjoying the view.\"\"<\/a> Some houses were so large we couldn’t get the entire house in the picture. There were still areas the farmland had not been overtaken by homes\"\"<\/a> or vacation cottages.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

We had a couple of rolling hills, \"\"<\/a>but out in the open we had the wind at our back, so was not brutal like yesterday. We rode through small towns, \"\"<\/a>parks, \"\"<\/a> ports \"\"<\/a> and a few miles of private trails.\"\"<\/a> Didn’t expect to see a high rise skyline as we rounded a corner and got our first glimpse of the United States.\"\"<\/a> It was also neat to see Fort Erie \"\"<\/a>and the U.S. flag \"\"<\/a> as it was when we captured the fort in 1814. \u00a0Everyone was enjoying the day along Lake Erie where it flows into the Niagara River. \"\"<\/a> Duckies stopped for lunch overlooking Buffalo, NY\"\"<\/a> while we took a break. \u00a0We followed the road along the river with the United States off our right shoulder, enjoying beautiful tree lined streets \"\"<\/a>and ridiculously\"\"<\/a> large homes.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Our course offered the unique opportunity to bike right on the river\"\"<\/a>before it fell into the infamous falls, \"\"<\/a>which at times gave pause as to if we were allowed on this part.\"\"<\/a>You could hear the rush of the water\"\"<\/a> and see the plume of water spray that came up for the drop,\"\"<\/a> but noting really prepares you for the sight \"\"<\/a>of the falls,\"\"<\/a> even if you’ve seen them before\"\"<\/a>…..just spectacular.\"\"<\/a>Though we could see the States and the bridge over was close by, it was too late to try to navigate the border. \u00a0And the day had gotten warm; summer had finally arrived, so at 64 miles, we called it a day.\n\t\t