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DATE: Sunday July 28th
TIME: 9:00 am meet up time, departure at 9;30 am, to beat some likely am qew traffic.
After dong some QEW time, this one is is a nice, leisurely scenic route through some quaint towns,
historic route, through the Falls area & continuing with a leisurely meander along the Niagra river to Ft Erie.
Part of this route is quite unknown but popular with bikers & other car clubs alike.
Winston Churchill once stated that part of this route is one of the 'prettiest drives in the world'.
It will start from the Mapleview mall parking lot at in Burlington (QEW & Plains Rd area).
Please be food & gas filled so we can leave at 9;30 am sharp.
It's best to gas up first, then meet outside the north side of the mall.
General route guide:
Burlington mall depart to qew towards niagara.
we'll be getting off the QEW at 7th Street Louth, RR 34, proceeding to pt Dalhousie lakeside carousel/park parking lot. (we can stop there if anyone from that area announces that they'll be meeting the group there instead).
depart the port/park, lakeport to lakeshore rd, cross the lift bridge at lock 1.
proceed to Niagara on the lake, then follow the parkway all the into/through Niagara falls, to chippawa.
stop at timmies for coffee/drinks food/washrooms at bridge in chippawa.
proceed along Niagara pkwy again to ft erie. stop at old ft erie mather park.
part 1 cruise end.
From there, we can either decide to do lunch in ridgeway a little further along or wecan do part 2 of the cruise, which is to go back along the route we came and people can stop/depart
at their leisure.
Suggested highlights/activities you can do on the return/reverse leg that we've discovered in the past:
Numerous viewpoints/stops along the parkway for a rest/drink/nap/stretch/quickies etc...
winery stops along the route; some are right off the parkway & a couple of good ones for photo ops...
dufferin islands & other Niagara falls touristy activities (whirpool, the falls, the botanical clock (imagine a bunch of fieros lined up in front of it!), adam beck hydro station lookout, the gorge), queenston heights park)
fruit markets, ft George,
ice cream in Niagara on the lake,
watching ships through the canal in pt weller (welland canals pkwy),
the 5 cent carousel in pt Dalhousie!!!
who's in?
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