Sunday, September 8, 2013

Niagara Falls

Dan and I took a day off at the end of August to take the boys to Niagara Falls.  We had never done the tourist thing there so we decided it was time.  We literally had to drag the boys kicking and screaming.  Such terrible parents we are trying to take them to see a natural wonder of the world.

It was raining steadily on the ride there and with the complaining from the boys, I was ready to give up on the day, but Dan was confident it would turn out.  So, we went.  And, it stopped raining as soon as we parked the car.  He is always right.

We started with the cave of the winds which wasn't really a cave much to the boys' dismay.


They were pretty freaked out by the whole experience.  It was a bit intense.


There were lots of stairs.  Lots and lots of stairs.


Lots of wet, steep stairs!


And, even though it had stopped raining, being by the falls was like being in the rain.


It was pretty.





The sound was ferocious.





They really didn't want to be standing right there.  Scary.


The Hurricane Deck was too much for the boys.  All three of them.


Wimps.


They did much better on dry land.



Gosh, it does look a bit intimidating... maybe I should have been more concerned!



Since we barely survived the Cave of the Winds, we decided to give the Maid of the Mist a shot.  And, once again, we dragged the boys kicking and screaming.


Yikes!  We have to go down there??


They perked up a bit once they won the battle to stay on the lower deck.



By the time we got off the boat, both boys were begging to go on again.  Success.


The nasty weather worked out really well for us.  There were no lines and the boat was really empty.  Nice!



Just beautiful!  The next time there are visitors, I won't complain about having to go to the falls.  Maybe someone will want to do this again with me.


Once off the boat we did the extra walk up the side of the American falls and caught this beautiful rainbow when we got to the top.  Perfect.


It is truly amazing.  The boys should think of Niagara Falls as more than just a place to get great nachos.


He was so excited to look through this.


Despite the ponchos, we still got wet.  


We did stop to get those awesome nachos before heading home.  And, as we were leaving it started to rain. The day really did work out just right for us.


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