Niagara Falls....even more amazing!

The last time we visited Niagara Falls, we were blown over but, this time....WOW !!! Forgot how amazing all this water looks.

Horseshoe Falls

American Falls from the side

American Falls from the other side....and a rainbow!

We were staying at a KOA in Pennsylvania the night before and wanted to get here before the crowds. Our alarm went off at 4am !! We had packed up the night before so all we had to do was pull in the slides, start the engine and go. It was only about 85 miles to the Falls, Parking Lot 3. No one was around and we got in there before anyone (see map below and yellow circle for parking lot).

There are many terrific viewing spots and walking paths around the park so we took the one that went along the Niagara River on towards the American Falls.

Green line is our 3 mile walk to see all the falls

The water was really rushing by in its way over the cliff.

Katie looks happy...so does Daddy

Ahhhh,,,,kiss, kiss

Water about to go over the American Falls

We could stand right next to it!

...and over it goes...

This is a view from the other side of American Falls

You get so close, it's a bit scary watching that water going over

You can see the boat, Maid of the Mist, in there near Horseshoe Falls.

Everyone wears these blue raincoats...for obvious reasons. We did not do the boat this time.

People tell us that the view from the Canada side is better. I believe but we had no passports to get back into the States.

Aerial from the Canada side showing American Falls to the left and Horseshoe to the right

Here's what the American Falls look like from Canada. Notice the Maid of the Mist in the foreground.

Selfie....check out dad's new haircut....I asked for short but...really?

Just threw this in because I love taking closeups of flowers.

After we got through here, we drove another 250 miles to our RV spot in upper New York state for a couple of days before heading into Vermont for three weeks.

See you then!

steve/kim/katie

Niagara Falls

We've tried to get up to Niagara Falls at least four times as we traveled close to it but it's way out of the way so we ended up going elsewhere. This year we were determined to see what all the hubub was about.....and we were not disappointed. And it's not just the falls themselves. The park has many great walking and bike trails and, of course, many viewpoints to see the river, the islands and where the water goes over the falls.

Lots of great photos and some movies way at the bottom of this blog.

Of course, the falls are spectacular, but what we got to see was the river leading down to the falls. This is what it looks like at the water begins to funnel towards the falls.

One of the "must-do" activities is the Maid of the Mist boat ride. This ride takes you past the American Falls and right into the Horseshoe Falls where you get soaked ! Those rain slickers only help you so much. It's like taking a shower.

Kim is not quite sure about the boat ride....but...

....she LOVED it.

You can see the orangish-colored walkways and the people on them. This is called "Cave of the Winds" where you can walk right up to and almost underneath the falls.

There also was an elevator that took you down so that you can get very close underneath the American Falls.

This walkway is rebuilt every year due to the cold and ice expanding and contracting the rocks.

This view is from what they call "The Hurricane Deck" which, as you can see, if right underneath....and boy, do you get soaked !

You can tell we had a great time.

Here's some movies....

All of our photos are here as well:

https://picasaweb.google.com/100376105788369441882/NiagaraFalls02?authuser=0&feat=directlink