Niagara Falls

We FINALLY made it to Niagara Falls.  This has been on our list of things to do for awhile but not something we wanted to do if we were going to have whiny kids.  We finally felt like they were good ages to try it out and had a good day, albeit with a few whines.  Best of all, Grandma and Grandpa hadn't been to the falls in awhile, or on the Maid of the Mist ever, so they joined us!

We made our way out to Niagara Falls and got some info on the park as to what we wanted to do. Mark made sure we took advantage of the photo opps.  We have this for all the kids too, but I thought I'd just grab his for the blog.

 We quickly realized we were in the wrong place for the Maid of the Mist and so we made our way down there.  Sometimes sisters even get along...

There's a number of things you can do while here, but we kept it simple and did the Maid of the Mist tour and just checked things out from the railing at the top.  With Grandma and Grandpa living so close we don't need to do it all at once...we can come back!

So off to the Maid of the Mist we went.  Here's a few of the falls from the bottom.  It sure is an impressive display of water's power.  We are standing on the deck of the boat.

Everyone got a poncho because we were venturing into the mist.  Here we are waiting for the boat to take off, with the Rainbow bridge the background.

Mark was the smart one and didn't put his poncho on right away - it's hot under that plastic - but we were ready to go.

 Mark and the falls

 We also walked up along the side of the falls

 Climbed a giant rock quickly, and got stuck

 And then did some sightseeing from the top of the falls.

We headed out to have lunch on the water before making our way back to the house.  Amazing wonder of the world so close to home, and I'm glad we took advantage of it.  We'll have to re-create this picture as they get older and we go back.