Here are some facts about Niagara Falls: It is technically 3 separate waterfalls; Horseshoe Falls, American Falls, and Bridal Veil Falls. It is a cataract type waterfall. Its total height is 167 feet. Its average water flow is 64,750 cubic feet a second. On October 19 in 1901 a cat named Lagara was sent over the Falls in a barrel in order it test it for the first person to go over the Falls, Annie Taylor, who would do so on October 24th of that year. They both survived. There are giant statues of Nikola Tesla on both the American and Canadian side of the Falls. The Canadian side is also home to one of the world’s twenty or so Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville Restaurants.

As a connoisseur of the pugilistic arts, you can imagine my delight when returning from summering on Lake George in upstate New York that I happened to drive through the town of Queensbury. I hoped that the sleepy hamlet was named after the Marquess of Queensbury, namely the 9th Marquess, John Douglas, who, while not the creater of the boxing code that bears his name was its first public endorser. Sadly the town was in fact named after Queen Charlotte, who to the best of my knowledge had zero fighting skills. this disappointment caused me to fall into a deep funk, one so deep that only nachos could get me out. In particular nachos at the local Queensbury establishment the Adirondack Bar & Grill.