Niagra Falls

One of our bucket list places to visit while living on the East Coast was Niagara Falls. Since we were up for the pageant and only two hours away, we knew this was our chance. Everyone told us we needed to go on to the Canadian side to really get a good view, so we did. It was a little up in the air after just having a baby, we didn't know if he could go across the border with us. So we brought a certificate from the hospital and hoped that it would work. Lucky for us they let us across the border!

We parked and started right at the top of the falls and were impressed with the amount and power of water that was flowing over the edge. 

We walked into the visitor center and purchased a adventure pass that would keep us busy for the entire day. The first was a short movie on how the falls were made. Connor said that this was his favorite part of the day

All protected and ready for our 4D movie experience about Niagara Falls. 

This was at another attraction called behind the falls. Actually the little windows behind the falls weren't that impressive. It was a little doorway and all you could see was water flowing down, not really a view at all. What was neat was going beside the falls and being so up close to the water pounding down and spray going all over.

The last adventure was taking the Hornblower boat ride up to the Falls. The power from the mist and falls created a powerful and steady wind. Cael said he was expecting to be a lot closer and get really wet, so he felt a little disappointed.

Now that all of our adventures were completed, we just needed to find our car and get back across the border. My dad had mentioned that he wanted to go to the Cracker Barrel restaurant for dinner, but our time was running out. That and we could not find our way back across the border. There were signs leading us down a road and then there was no instructions at all. We decided to eat at a restaurant while we were there, and we finally made it to our hotel at 11 o'clock at night.

Overall it was a fantastic day and adventure. Ben and I both agreed that this trip was the one of the highlights of the sumner-- right up there with adding a sweet little baby boy to our family :-)