October 11, 2003

Road Trip - Day 7: Niagara Falls

We saw the falls today, and they were not disappointing. Both the American Falls (below) and Canada's Horseshoe Falls (left) were visible from this side of the river. It is amazing to think that billions of gallons of water flow over these falls every day. We've had lots of questions about the falls, but so far we've not found any books here on the subject. I had to go online to find the information we needed.

After viewing the falls, we did a little souvenir shopping, then walked down to the touristy part of town (Clifton Hill) to look around. They have a few blocks that are just cram-packed with one attraction after another, plus restaurants, shops, and ice cream parlors.

By the time we finished lunch and walked through town we were all pretty beat, so we headed back to the hotel for a rest.

The weather today was beautiful, although it was quite a bit warmer than we expected. We have run out of short sleeve shirts, so I guess the next order of business is to do laundry.

Tomorrow morning we are planning to attend church. There are several in the phone book, so I'm sure we'll find something. However it will probably only make us appreciate our own home-church more....!

This is me and my sweet son, Zach.