Amazing, thrilling, Awesome, beautiful, mind boggling – all fit the description of Niagara Falls but without being here you really cannot know the magnitude of these falls. We stayed in a wonderful State Park about 15 miles from the falls on Lake Ontario, near the mouth of the Niagara River. I think we walked 20 miles in 3 days exploring the falls and along the gorge. This is my 4th trip to Niagara Falls and every time I am just as impressed as the first time almost 30 years ago.
This trip we chose to explore the gorge and surrounding area some as well as walking the falls. Saturday morning we walked down about 200 feet on these stairs that were hand built and in need of lots of repairs but the view from the bottom was amazing. We got within 20 feet of the river at the bottom of the falls – going up was not easy!
View from within the gorge
The Cable Car that takes a little ride over the top of the Whirlpool!
This is the view looking across the gorge above where we walked down. I was ready to ride the cable car but Paul was totally against it. Below in the water is one of the jet boats that take a ride up the gorge to this point where the rapids are too intense to navigate.
Next stop was the falls on the American side. What spectacular views; you can walk out on a platform between the American Falls and Bridal Veil or choose to put on a pair of disposable water sandals, poncho and ride a elevator down a shaft more than 200 feet to the base of the falls and then walk up close and personal with the force of the falls from within 10 feet all on some scaffolding type walkways that are erected each year after the ice has melted! All for only $11.00!
Wow!
Looking over the American Falls
On the scaffolding tour!
I was drenched!
horseshoe Falls
Rainbow over Horseshoe Falls
The boys looking at the falls
American Falls at night!
Horseshoe Falls at night
And wait till you see what we get to do tomorrow! Welland Canal