The Great Road Trip Part V - Niagra Falls

OK, everyone I've met who has visited Niagra Falls always said, "You need to view it from the Canadian side." Well, everyone was right. The whole Canadian experience was so worth the neverending ride from Munising, MI through to Sault Sainte Marie, MI where we spent the night. Then we crossed to Sault Ste. Marie, Canada and had a trek across Ontario, Canada (which all looks exactly the same and there aren't any big towns at all). We finally arrived in Niagra Falls around 10 PM. It was actually a good time to arrive, believe it or not, because the Falls are lit up at night in rainbow colors and were quite a sight. There were people everywhere! We would have missed this if we'd arrived earlier. So, we finally found our hotel which was very well-disguised, but well-situated at the same time (the Quality Inn Clifton Hill - stay there). Owen took a quick dip in the pool and we all went to bed.

Our hotel was just beyond this pavillion.

The next morning we went down to the Falls and were in awe. Just beautiful.

The Falls are literally right behind the boys. If you leaned too far over the fence, you'd fall right in!

This is the area that is illuminated at night, the view across to the American side.

We ate lunch, packed our stuff for check out and then explored the Great Canadian Midway. The Canadian Niagra Falls is like a theme park, sort of like downtown Disneyworld, but nice. It's hard to describe. I guess "a very clean family-style Las Vegas without casinos" sums it up. We went into a wax museum, a funhouse and played the tourists spending the rest of our Canadian money.

Then we waited forever to cross the border into Buffalo, NY and got stuck in traffic all through Buffalo. I think it took two hours just to get out of that city. After Buffalo, we drove as long as we could stand it through gorgeous countryside and farms and stayed somewhere near the Finger Lakes in NY. After a really good dinner at Jack's Place in a small town whose name escapes me and an acceptable night's rest in Cunisteo, NY, we drove home to MD via PA and were at our abode by 3 PM, happy to be out of the car!

That's it for our August adventure. Stay tuned for more news...