{"id":509,"date":"2017-09-03T10:00:22","date_gmt":"2017-09-03T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/forestrat.com\/mwp\/?p=509"},"modified":"2017-09-03T16:49:58","modified_gmt":"2017-09-03T20:49:58","slug":"not-niagara-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forestrat.com\/mwp\/2017\/09\/03\/not-niagara-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"This is Not Niagara Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone of course knows about <a href=\"http:\/\/forestrat.com\/mwp\/2017\/08\/27\/niagara-falls-four-ways\/\">Niagara Falls<\/a> and the immediate amusement park like surroundings. Not so many people realize that there is more to the river than just the falls. There are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/parks.ny.gov\/parks\/attachments\/WhirlpoolNiagaraGorgeTrailMap.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">park facilities<\/a> just down the road that are much quieter and less developed. You can walk along the gorge rim overlooking the Niagara River and, if you&#8217;re up to it, there are several sets of stairs that take you down to the actual river side.<\/p>\n<p>The locals come down here to fish for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dec.ny.gov\/outdoor\/67913.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">steelhead trout<\/a>. Waiting by the rapids you can often see the fish leaping out of the water as they make their way against the swift current &#8211; just like in those nature documentaries on TV although those are usually salmon. To catch one in a photo is like playing the Whack-A-Mole game only way harder. I never was able to pull it off. Maybe I just don&#8217;t have enough patience.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s better if I stick to photographing the water and the rocks as I did here.<\/p>\n<p>MDW<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone of course knows about Niagara Falls and the immediate amusement park like surroundings. 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