Niagara Falls

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Saturday, June 21, 2008
It took us about an hour to reach Niagara Falls and Wow was it busy! Before we ever laid our eyes on the waterfalls though, we were in awe of the Vegas like attractions and atmosphere that lined the streets. The falls may be the attraction, but the real destination seems to be the town...it's out of control! And that's just the buildings. Different languages, clothing, colors - there are more cultures here than Disneyland!

We heard that the Niagara region is great for wineries, and we did our own local wine tasting; it just happened to be last night's wine sipped out of a Dasani water bottle. Yeah, we know, we're classy. We found a nearby place to park and walked down to the falls. They certainly were a spectacular sight to see. It was a photo frenzy; a desire to capture pictures from all angles. We walked from one end of the falls down to the other and snapped tons of pretty pictures. One of the best pictures even caught a beautiful rainbow in front of the waterfall! Not too much more to say about Niagara Falls...the pictures speak for themselves.

No longer striving to eat healthy after a long day of running and walking, we split a whole pizza and picniced just above the falls then headed back home to Michigan. The four hour journey home concluded with a 1am city of Detroit tour guided by Rob. There's nothing like inner city Detroit at one am on a Saturday night - doors locked.

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Photos

Welcome to Niagara Falls
speeding into town...

To Toronto
the only Toronto sign that I had the time to catch while in the car

Comerica Park
Where the Tigers play

Comments

[jeaneen]

Fallin' for the Falls!!
wow, wow, wow! what an amazing sight to see...now I definitely have my mind set on going to Niagara Falls!...so--when are you heading to my side of town in LA?! : )

[Kelly Vickery]

my home!!
I can't believe I didn't know you guys were going to the falls....so cool...Did you make it to Buffalo?? I could have hooked you all up with some free beds and food!!! Well I hope you enjoyed Canada, I know I miss it. Love reading your blogs...keep em coming!!

[Steph]

Home Sweet Home
I see you made it to my old neck of the woods. I told you the Falls are a site to see! It's funny I lived there for 19 yrs and it was only a 30 minute trip to the Falls yet I find it more interesting now that I am not near it. I guess that's the way it goes. Glad you go to see one of the natural wonders of the world. P.S. What you saw was the falls only running at 20%. Once a year they open them up at full blast.

[Lliz]

Wow - Whorlwind Month
Looks like you two are still smiling! Was fun to hear about some of the adventure -- Ellie is going to be catching up soon, she had some internet issues but think we have those resolved. You'll have to meet her birthday present when you get home. Keep smiling and have a great time........xoxo