And then Niagara Falls...

We arrived at Niagara Falls in the evening so we didn't get to actually see the falls on the first day but we did have a great time at our hotel. The location was strange surrounded by a hospital complex on all sides but the staff was absolutely amazing. I have never seen more friendly hotel staff in every single department they excelled at customer service. If anyone is looking for a hotel in the Niagara Falls/Buffalo New York area you want the Doubletree on High Street in Buffalo, they are simply amazing. When we arrived at the hotel I asked the front desk clerk if he knew a place to get poutine fries in the area. He didn't know what poutine fries were but he asked the chef and even though they were not on the menu he made them special for me at no charge and them for the rest of the staff to try as well. And that was all within the first 45 minutes of arriving, the service did not go down from there.

Kristy holding Chance so he can see the falls up close.
The next morning we woke up and headed out toward the falls. We walked all along the boardwalks and sidewalks beside the river and up to the falls. At first they are not that impressive, you know it's a river that is moving kind of fast but other than that it's nothing big...then you see it from the bottom and your whole outlook changes.


Kristy at the top of the Falls
To get that view from the bottom we took a Maid Of The Mist tour. They gave us each a poncho and down, down, down in an elevator we went and onto the boat. Chance was excited to get on the boat and he wanted to be right at the front on the top deck so that is where we were, front row seats for sure. The tour takes you passed the smaller falls generally referred to Niagara Falls or the American Falls and right into Horseshoe Falls or the Canadian Falls. At one point the falls are surrounding you on three sides and the spray is hitting you to the point that everything outside the poncho is soaked by the time you are through.


Chance in his poncho on the Maid Of The Mist
Chance loved every minute of it, he was holding onto the railing right in front of me. I kept checking on him to make sure he wasn't getting scared or anything but every time I bent down his face had a huge smile on it. As the water wet his face and hands he was laughing and saying "it's like a roller coaster!" He is such a cute little guy, that;s a big happy face in that picture above.

Chance looking at the Falls from Canada
After the tour and grabbing a bite to eat we got in the car and headed over to Canada. This was Chance's first time in another country so even though he didn't really understand I was pretty excited for him. It is true what they say, the falls are much much more impressive from Canada. From the Canadian side you can see the whole falls, it is beautiful. Though I am still not sure how you could spend much more than one day there because once you have seen it and taken a couple different "tours" to see it from different angles there isn't a lot more to do so we went back to our hotel and left the next morning feeling like we had been there and done that in the Niagara Falls department.


Rayna and Chance looking cool on the Canadian side of the falls.