On Vacation - Niagara Falls

25 weeks, 2 days pregnant

This week Jorge and I are out of town. We are on our little Baby-moon in Canada! Jorge and I drove from Long Island, NY to Niagara Falls. Then we'll be visiting Toronto, Canada and then to Hyde Park, NY.

Niagara Falls has been great! A little chilly (especially compared to Florida weather) and a bit overcast, but it's been very nice! We stayed at a Hampton Inn not too far from the falls and when we got into town, we drove past the falls at night. They were all lit up! It was gorgeous!



The following morning we went to see the Falls... they were enormous! It's amazing how big they are! We took a tour on a boat called "The Maid of the Mist" and it takes you close to the falls. They gave us ponchos to wear, which is perfect because we were able to use them later in the day when it got rainy.





We also went on a tour that took us behind the falls, to some tunnels where you can see the falls from behind going past right in front of you!





Our last tour was a 4D video of how the Niagara was formed and the history behind it. Here are some fascinating facts!

•Over 12,000 years ago, Niagara Falls extended seven miles down river at what is now Lewiston, New York and Queenston, Ontario. Over the years, the brink has eroded to its present site. The erosion is controlled and where it would once erode 10 feet per year, it now only erodes 1 foot every 10 years.

•In 1869, a 63-year-old school teacher was the first person to survive going over the falls. She did it in an oak barrel.

•In the "Miracle at Niagara," Roger Woodward, a seven-year-old American boy, was swept over the Horseshoe Falls protected only by a life vest on July 9, 1960, as two tourists pulled his 17-year-old sister Deanne from the river only 20 feet from the lip of the Horseshoe Falls at Goat Island. Minutes later, Woodward was plucked from the roiling plunge pool beneath the Horseshoe Falls after grabbing a life ring thrown to him by the crew of the Maid of the Mist boat.

•In March of 1848, the waters stopped flowing over Niagara's famous cliff when the Niagara River was plugged temporarily at the mouth of the river in Fort Erie, Ontario.