Jerry and I went to Niagara Falls for a long weekend getaway last weekend. My parents kept the kids, and between Chuck E. Cheese, going to the pool twice, snow-cones, nature center, and the park--they were getting spoiled rotten!
Me with my back to the Horseshoe falls standing on the American side:
Here's Jerry at the top of the American falls:
View of the Horseshoe falls from our room:
view of the American falls from our room: (we were on the 41st floor):
A pic of our hotel (The Hilton at Niagara Falls) from the Skylon:
We went on maid of the mist (Jerry calls it Maid of the Drench). We're in a boat taking pics of the American falls here:
It would hurt really bad if you went over the American falls. Not much to cushion the blow....
Horseshoe falls....stunning
Jerry's smiling under that poncho!
As the boat ride was ending, and we were SOAKED!
We then we down to where the Niagara river turns into Category 6 rapids. It was explained to us that the extremely advanced kayakers will attempt category 3....so these were pretty rough waters.
Then we moved onto Journey behind the Falls, where you walk behind the Horseshoe falls. Again, AMAZING!
We rode up the hill in a gondola, and the view was amazing. I'm not sure if you can tell, but my shirt was SOAKED. To give you an idea of how much mist is in the air from all of the falls, the cars on the road in the picture below are having to use their windshield wipers....Crazy!
Another view of the American Falls from our hotel room:
The Skylon is on the left. We ate dinner there one night. It's around 700 feet up, and the restaurant rotates a full rotation every hour.
Another pic of the Horseshoe falls from our hotel room. Notice that Jerry got the rainbow in this picture.
There are around 45 wineries located just 30 minutes from Niagara Falls. We ventured out on Saturday afternoon to do some sampling and touring. This was the Pellar Estates. Absolutely beautiful, and absolutely yummy wine!
The bar inside where you got the free samples
A view from Niagara on the Lake (name of the city) across Lake Ontario and you can see Toronto in the distance.
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