Niagara Falls, New York

We went 4100 miles, in 12 days, covering 12 states (IL, IN, OH, PA, NY, VT, NH, ME, MA, RI, CT, and NJ) on our vacation.  You have to really love the people you're traveling with to be able to practically live out of a car for that long and not kill each other.

Going full-throttle every single day, sleeping maybe 7 hours a night.  The proof is in the reality that although I let myself be lax in my diet, even had cheesecake, doughnuts, and brownies (resigned myself to gain a few pounds) I did not gain one pound!  I was thrilled when I saw the scale read the same as the day we left!  But, of course now I'm back to the diet.

We made it all the way to Niagara Falls, New York our first day - very, very long day! We checked into the motel, grabbed our gear and walked down to the falls. They were magnificent!

Rushing and tumbling.

The lights change colors periodically.

A photo cannot do them justice. These are some magnificent falls! Just to stand and listen to all the force - the noise of them drowns out all other noise and puts you in your own little world of solitude.

I have no idea who these people are but I thought the silhouettes looked cool so I snapped. As you can see, we weren’t the only ones out enjoying the night lights at the falls.

Horseshoe Falls

There’s a little story about my first trip to Niagara Falls. In 2006, Dennis and I took a spur of the moment trip up to Canada. We decided to go see Britney in Pennsylvania and since neither of us had been to Canada we went via that route (spent a night in Sudbury). We’re crazy like that.

So, on the 4th of July we passed by the falls. Dennis had seen them as a child, but I never had. Well, being 4th of July and all it was wham packed busy, on both sides of the falls. We could not even find anywhere to park and we needed to continue our journey - and we had our dogs with us and could not leave them in the car for an extended period.

A plan was formed, I turned on my camera, Dennis drove on the crowded road and when he was right in front of horseshoe falls I jumped out of the car. I ran up to the railing (on the Canadian side) and snapped away, then quickly ran back to the car and off we went.

This trip to Niagara Falls topped my first view by a long shot.  We spent a couple of hours there at night and another three the next morning.

I wouldn’t want to be in those rocks - ouch!

The views kept us up late that night - just so breathtaking.

I totally wish I could have captured the sounds as well.

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