Niagra Falls is a place I've wondered about my whole life. Like, wondered where it even is. I always thought of it as some magical place where water just gushes out of ever pore of the Earth and spills out pure joy for all us common folk jaw droppers to enjoy.
Is it in America? Maybe Switzerland, that's a place where wonderful things like national peace seem to happen. Now having visited, I have to give my unenlightened self some credit since Niagra Falls is in fact in America
and another country. But since Niagra Falls is the border between the US and CAN it is not actually in either and
is technically
a magical land of peace! More credit for me!
All
nonsense aside, Niagra Falls was pretty spectacular. We curved our way around Lake Ontario for about a hundred miles until finally arriving to the Canadian side of Niagra Falls. Upon pulling into the glorious Falls we were bombarded with nearly every other tourist attraction you could imagine. A ferris wheel, Ripley's Believe It Or Not, the Hardrock Cafe, cotton candy, ring toss, the Niagra Falls Casino Resort - you name it! We suffered a bit from the uninvited overstimulation until arriving at the real attraction. Despite the unparalleled tourist carnival - seriously, it's like Universal Studios on 'roids - we definitely made the right choice to view the Falls from the Canadian side. The vantage point is far greater than the US one on the other side and much larger overall, especially compared to that tiny yet fancy sky walk observation deck.
We gazed above the Falls for at least an hour watching the water from Lake Erie rush over and over into the Niagra River. We were totally mesmerized. I imagine that the people who elected to ride the boat down into the river and right up to the Falls felt the same. I bet they also felt soaking wet. I prefer the view from afar. We lingered for a while until making moves to head back into America and our final destination: NEW YORK!
Oh and thank you tourist sir for the picture of me and Claire and you.
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