Well these are certainly the most impressive falls I have ever seen. But that’s probably fairly obvious. (By the way, the shower in our motel appears not to want to be outdone – full body massage as well as a wash!)

It was a grey old morning, but the vertical plume of spray from the falls still rose several hundred feet in the air!

They are close to completing a new hydro tunnel right under the town. It is twice the diameter of the Channel Tunnel rail tunnels! Enough to generate another 1,600 MW. I found it slightly disappointing to learn that the flow rate over the falls is tightly controlled by the existing hydro plants – and that there is an agreed minimum flow rate over the falls in the tourist season. Things are not quite what they seem!

I also enjoyed the tacky part of town – Blackpool on speed! We had lunch in a classic diner – but the afternoon has been spent lying down. Back to the USA tomorrow.

PS Breakfast and dinner were at the same all-you-can-eat place. Great cheap food. But I fear for the business if they get regular custom from trans-continental cyclists!