My daughters and I ran to the grocery store to get some snacky foods for the trip so we wouldn’t have to buy food at gas stations and we could save some moolah :) Both my hubby and dad got off work early so we could get on the road at a decent time. We made it to Buffalo around 6 and found a hotel.
The next morning (Saturday), we headed down to the Falls. We decided to do a tour so we could see all the important stuff. First we went to the Cave of the Winds, which isn’t really a cave anymore, thanks to erosion. There are now decks that have been built there. On the path down to the “cave” we saw hundreds of seagulls, some on the path. They were definitely NOT afraid of humans! We saw one, a mother, with her baby under her wing.
I couldn’t pass the opportunity to use that as an object lesson about how God keeps us under His wing! The imagery was perfect *smiles* My hubby and daughter went up to the hurricane deck to get closer to the Bridal Veil Falls, while I stayed lower with the baby in her moby, asleep (how she spent most of the tour *grin*).
As you can see, everyone got yellow ponchos, but what you can’t see, is our enviably fashionable footgear:
After that we walked over to Terrapin Point, but I had to peel off to go feed the baby, while my dad, hubby and 5yo went to go look over the falls :).
From there we went to the Daredevil Museum…I just can’t imagine purposely going over the falls! The little boy in the 60s I understand, his boat got stuck or something and he went over with just a lifejacket and survived with just a sprained ankle! The Maid of the Mist rescued him out of the water. I really didn’t hear anything the tour guide said because my 5yo was talking to me the whole time *grin*.
After that, we went to the Whirlpool…it was quite beautiful, level 6 rapids, Canada on one side and the US on the other!
The next stop on our tour was the Maid of the Mist!
As you can see, we were up pretty high, a couple hundred feet or so! After we got to the bottom, we were all issued some lovely blue ponchos, then we got onto the boat. At each of the two places we got ponchos, it was fun putting mine on, since the baby was in the Moby. We tore a hole by her head so she could get some NF air, too *grin*. Our 5yo wanted to go on the top deck, so up we went. At first it wasn’t too bad, but as we got closer to the Horseshoe Falls, the spray got so bad I headed to the lower deck to have a bit of protection from the water, since the ponchos really weren’t doing that great a job of keeping me and the baby dry! It was quite beautiful, though!
Our 5yo loved the boat so much, she threw a fit about having to get off. As she put it, she “wanted to stay there forever and ever and live there!”
We went to the Observation point after that, where I got this gorgeous shot:
The trip home took a bit longer than the trip up, since on the trip up, the baby was sleeping and the way home she was awake since she’d slept most of the day away in the Moby (and I can’t thank my SIL enough for my Moby – it’s wonderful!!!, the baby thanks her auntie, too!). But, we made it home, and back to our own beds, and at a decent hour, too! It was a whirlwind trip, and a blast! We made some great memories!
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