The Falls

Yesterday we had a great time at the Falls. We started out on the American side at Goat Island. My friend's hubby had never been there so it was really exciting for him! On Goat Island you can walk out onto three more little islands called Three Sister Islands. This little islands are right in the Niagara river. So, this sign told us we better not swim.... humm, I wonder why?? HA HA! At that point we were about 30 feet from where the river goes over the Falls.

Then we went around Goat Island and saw a great view of the Canadian Falls. Even though the weather was a little cloudy, it was a great day to go to the Falls. The tourist season is just about over, so we really had no problems with lines are people shoving to get their pictures with the Falls. After walking around the park, we went to do the Cave of the Winds tour. The tour takes you to the base of the American side and you walk on this walkways to the see the falls from the bottom. One of the walkways takes you right up to the base of a small section of the Falls. This is the Hurricane Deck! Because the wind was blowing so hard at that point, the cheap rain ponchos that they gave us really didn't keep us dry at all! The tour gives you cheap sandals that you can keep and a cheap rain poncho that is yours to keep. However, the ponchos that they had yesterday were not the ones that they normally have. They were even lower quality that the normal ones! My friend and I both had on jeans and we had rolled them up thinking that we would be ok. HA HA, not so much! We both were soaked. My friend's husband however, was fine. He had on light weight pants, that dried really quickly. Oh well... it was a great time anyway! Then we rode on the Maid of the Mist.

The Maid of the Mist is a great time. These boats are so powerful because they take you right up to the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls. It's really awesome! We were already wet from the Cave of Winds, so it wasn't a big deal to get wet again! After that, we walked across the bridge to Canada!