Niagara Falls

Continuing on in a westerly direction we drove to Niagara Falls, New York.  I'd never been there before and neither had the kids so it was cool to see.

There are lots of activities to do and see but all we did was ride Maid of the Mist, the little boat that goes up close to the falls so you can see it.  It was blazing hot!  And wearing those plastic ponchos felt really hot while we waited.  

Luckily it was a short wait.  We were soon able to get on board.

We found a nice spot up top on the falls side.  John still couldn't see without assistance.

First we passed American Falls

There you can kind of see American Falls behind Scott

Here's a little better view of American Falls.

We got only barely misted at American Falls

And up ahead is Horseshoe Falls

That's when things got serious!  Seriously wet.

We got past some point and started getting large sideways rain kind of "mist"

Everyone on the boat screamed and cheered

Some moments were a little lighter than others

We kept John as dry as we could.  I wasn't sure if my camera would be the same after or if the pictures would turn out, but it all seemed to work out.

Thank goodness for ponchos

The mist felt nice 'cause it was super hot

Some pictures from the observatory point

There's the Canadian version of Maid of the Mist that runs from the other side of the river.

Glad we got to see the famous Niagara Falls!