On Friday we drove 1.5 hours to Canada's side of Niagara Falls for the day. The kids were very intrigued that we were going to a different country. They asked questions like "What language do they speak?" and "What kind of cars do they drive?" Too funny. I got to use my passport for the first time in my life! But they didn't stamp it...boo.
We walked the long boardwalk along the Falls. There was a lot of whining. Here are the kids in front of the very misty Horseshoe Falls.
A view of the American Falls in the distance and the Horseshoe Falls up closer. Kent was not too impressed. But this is coming from the guy who commented on his first trip to Yellowstone when we were married, "Is there going to be all these ugly yellow rocks all over?" (Yes Kent, it is Yellow Stone!) Crazy man.
Here we are in Canada. I don't know what the weird building is but it is a Niagara Falls iconic building so here's our picture by it.
Here's Horseshoe Falls again. The boat down there is one of the "Maid of the Mist" boats like the one we went on that day.
Here we are in our "Maid of the Mist" rain ponchos. Classic Niagara.
McKinley loved the mists of the Falls and did not put on her hoodie at all. Sawyer covered his whole head and turned around to avoid the mist. Hayden put his hoodie on, but kept his face looking out toward the Falls the whole time.
Later the angle of the sun made a nice rainbow in the mist above Horseshoe Falls. McKinley wanted to find the end of the rainbow to get the gold! Too bad the end was in the middle of the rapids.
Much to the chagrin of Kent the rest of us wanted to stay for the fireworks they do over the falls on Friday nights in the summer. We waited about 6 hours to see them (as grumpy pants only got grumpier). At nightfall Canada had a bunch of fireflies out still and the kids loved trying to catch them. Grumpy pants was less grumpy at night too, so it made it more pleasant. The fireworks only lasted 5 minutes, but they were fun to watch still. I think it was worth it to stay and see the falls lit up at night and watch the fireworks. After all, Niagara is a once in a lifetime kind of thing and we won't be back again, so we might as well get the most out of it.
A view of the American Falls in the distance and the Horseshoe Falls up closer. Kent was not too impressed. But this is coming from the guy who commented on his first trip to Yellowstone when we were married, "Is there going to be all these ugly yellow rocks all over?" (Yes Kent, it is Yellow Stone!) Crazy man.
Here we are in Canada. I don't know what the weird building is but it is a Niagara Falls iconic building so here's our picture by it.
Here's Horseshoe Falls again. The boat down there is one of the "Maid of the Mist" boats like the one we went on that day.
Here we are in our "Maid of the Mist" rain ponchos. Classic Niagara.
McKinley loved the mists of the Falls and did not put on her hoodie at all. Sawyer covered his whole head and turned around to avoid the mist. Hayden put his hoodie on, but kept his face looking out toward the Falls the whole time.
Later the angle of the sun made a nice rainbow in the mist above Horseshoe Falls. McKinley wanted to find the end of the rainbow to get the gold! Too bad the end was in the middle of the rapids.
Much to the chagrin of Kent the rest of us wanted to stay for the fireworks they do over the falls on Friday nights in the summer. We waited about 6 hours to see them (as grumpy pants only got grumpier). At nightfall Canada had a bunch of fireflies out still and the kids loved trying to catch them. Grumpy pants was less grumpy at night too, so it made it more pleasant. The fireworks only lasted 5 minutes, but they were fun to watch still. I think it was worth it to stay and see the falls lit up at night and watch the fireworks. After all, Niagara is a once in a lifetime kind of thing and we won't be back again, so we might as well get the most out of it.
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I would love to see the falls someday. How fun!
For the previous post I was going to mention that our neighbors went to a Joseph Smith family reunion back east and just got back. I wonder if they went to some of the same places you showed the pictures of.
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