Day 9: Retro to Now Road Trip

August 10 2009 by Retro to Now Road Trip

Niagara-_back-of-kids.jpgThe Monteith family hit the road as the winners of Best Western's "Retro to Now Road Trip" contest.

Last day of the road trip and the kids are still going strong. We let them swim in the morning in case we came back from the falls late. Which was a good call as we ended staying for the fireworks. We never thought we would be there that long, but time flies when you are having fun!

Niagara was like that. We had been there several times before and I actually thought it would be a short day. We decided to purchase the discovery ticket that gives you entrance to everything. That was sooo worth it! We started out at Cave of the Winds. Absolutely phenomenal! I would recommend always starting the day there, A. you are going to get soaked and you need all day to dry off and B. it gives you a whole new appreciation for the power of the falls. Basically you take an elevator down to the bottom of the Bridal Veils which is the small part of the American falls. You then proceed to walk up into the falls as they crash down on the rocks. It is called Hurricane Deck and while I have never been through a hurricane I imagine that is what is feels like. The force is amazing and the kids loved it. It can be a little scary too; Scotty did not really dig it and clung to the rails as his sisters ran in and out of the spray. I clung to Madie not wanting a stray big wave to knock her between the slats, you know - that mother in me.


From there we walked down to the Maid of the Mist boat ride. This is where doing the cave first comes in handy. The boat goes by the area where you walk and proceeds on to the center of the Canadian falls. From the vantage point of the boat it looks like a little trickle of water and kids playing in the sprinkler compared to the Horseshoe Falls. So knowing how strong a force the sprinkler was puts a whole new light on Horseshoe Falls.

We ate lunch at Top of the Falls and liked it so much we went back at night for dessert. Very good restaurant, convenient if you park on Goat Island, and a great view of Horseshoe Falls. I had every plan to walk over to the Canadian side but by the time we finished dessert and the day was over it was close to 10 p.m. Thus the "OK I guess we will watch the fireworks." I would also recommend taking a sweatshirt which we didn't. It gets very chilly there.

Close drive to the hotel and another great night of sleep at probably my favorite hotel of the trip!

Tomorrow we head home.

Vonnette

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