Skylon Tower and Fireworks over the Falls
This morning was spent getting the housekeeping routine down, as I’m covering for the regular girl. This is the deal, I cover her days off and I don’t have to pay to stay at the hostel. It’s not a glamorous job, and tomorrow is going to SUCK on my own, but you do what you have to do!
Tonight was another hostel excursion, this time to the Skylon Tower to view the illuminations and fireworks over the falls. In all the years that I’ve come to Niagara, I have never been anywhere near the tower, let alone went up it to see the fireworks. Similar idea to the CN Tower in Toronto, although much smaller.
We had a group of about 16 gusts with us which made maneuvering through the lines and 
such a little fun. The view from the top of the tower was great and we all wormed our way to the front of the gate to take pictures of the illuminated falls. Although we were quite early for the fireworks, it gave everyone a chance to mingle and get to know one another. Half the group was from France, and the others were from Japan, Germany and England, so it was little a mini UN meeting at times.
The fireworks were beautiful as always, however the number of people on the tower had increased, so getting a picture was next to impossible! The one part that was annoying was when it was all over they only have one elevator operating to take eveyone back down.
After what seemed like an eternity in line, we finally made it down to the bottom where we packed everyone into more Taxi’s. Although some of the group wanted to go back to the hostel, there were 6 of them who wanted to have some food and drinks, so we ended up taking them to the Wild Mushroom. Thankfully the drunk woman from the night before was nowhere to be seen!
Tags: canada, fireworks, illuminations, niagara falls, Niagara Falls, ontario, the wild mushroom, Travel
