Our hotel here in Niagara Falls has been somewhat difficult, it’s part of a nice hotel complex, but unfortunately it is in a separate building and we were on the third floor without any lifts or elevators, so carrying the bags up and down to the car proved to be difficult and a little bit tiring. Needless to say the room was comfortable and we woke up to a fairly overcast day, which was a bit disappointing when you want to go take photographs of the waterfall, but I think the kids still enjoyed the experience.
We woke up and I took the opportunity to go down to the hotel lobby to post on the blog and upload the pictures of Southern Utah. Jo and the Kids came down and gladly reported that they had lugged the entire luggage down the three flights of stairs and the car was packed. We hen headed off down the Falls. Jodie and I were here in October last year so we were excited to show the kids and see their reaction. We went down and all got tickets to go on the Maid of the Mist. These are a series of boats, open deck, each holding around 400 passengers and they sail up the river to give you an up close view of the Falls. Niagara Falls is actually made up of two sets of falls, The American Falls, which is a set of two waterfalls that are fairly flat and what you would expect a waterfall to look like. Then there is a large, rocky outcrop that comes to a point in the river, which is the actual border or boundary between America and Canada. Then you have the magnificent Horseshoe Falls.
These are the falls on the Canadian side of the boarder, and it is a magnificent, natural phenom. They are shaped in a crescent moon shape with an amazing amount of water flowing over them every day, in fact the equivalent of 5x Sydney Harbor flows over the falls every day. The boats go up river up the left hand side, giving you an up close view of the American Falls, then they come back into the center of the river and head straight up into the middle of the Horseshoe Falls. They drive right up to within 100-150 feet of the falls and the roar of the water makes it nearly impossible to speak or be heard, but what id amazing is the amount of spray that is generated from this massive volume of water. They actually give you your own poncho to wear to try and stay dry. The kids loved it, they thought it was amazing and we took some great photos and videos, which we posted below on the 14th July day.
We then walked back up they hill to out hotel, had some brunch and set off for our three hour drive to Kirtland. Jodie has done a fabulous job in booking and planning all of our accommodation on this leg. She booked us into the Travelodge, which was fantastic value at only $53 a night. But when we arrived, I was devastated to find that we had misplaced one of my camera batteries and one of my charges. This was one of the few times I lost my cool on this trip. Fortunately I checked the web and Best Buy was open until 7:00pm. I got there in time to purchase a new charger and a new battery and a 1.5 terabyte external hard drive to store all the pictures and videos we’ve taken on this trip. We got home, ordered pizza for dinner and settled into bed for the night.
We woke up and I took the opportunity to go down to the hotel lobby to post on the blog and upload the pictures of Southern Utah. Jo and the Kids came down and gladly reported that they had lugged the entire luggage down the three flights of stairs and the car was packed. We hen headed off down the Falls. Jodie and I were here in October last year so we were excited to show the kids and see their reaction. We went down and all got tickets to go on the Maid of the Mist. These are a series of boats, open deck, each holding around 400 passengers and they sail up the river to give you an up close view of the Falls. Niagara Falls is actually made up of two sets of falls, The American Falls, which is a set of two waterfalls that are fairly flat and what you would expect a waterfall to look like. Then there is a large, rocky outcrop that comes to a point in the river, which is the actual border or boundary between America and Canada. Then you have the magnificent Horseshoe Falls.
These are the falls on the Canadian side of the boarder, and it is a magnificent, natural phenom. They are shaped in a crescent moon shape with an amazing amount of water flowing over them every day, in fact the equivalent of 5x Sydney Harbor flows over the falls every day. The boats go up river up the left hand side, giving you an up close view of the American Falls, then they come back into the center of the river and head straight up into the middle of the Horseshoe Falls. They drive right up to within 100-150 feet of the falls and the roar of the water makes it nearly impossible to speak or be heard, but what id amazing is the amount of spray that is generated from this massive volume of water. They actually give you your own poncho to wear to try and stay dry. The kids loved it, they thought it was amazing and we took some great photos and videos, which we posted below on the 14th July day.
We then walked back up they hill to out hotel, had some brunch and set off for our three hour drive to Kirtland. Jodie has done a fabulous job in booking and planning all of our accommodation on this leg. She booked us into the Travelodge, which was fantastic value at only $53 a night. But when we arrived, I was devastated to find that we had misplaced one of my camera batteries and one of my charges. This was one of the few times I lost my cool on this trip. Fortunately I checked the web and Best Buy was open until 7:00pm. I got there in time to purchase a new charger and a new battery and a 1.5 terabyte external hard drive to store all the pictures and videos we’ve taken on this trip. We got home, ordered pizza for dinner and settled into bed for the night.
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