Well they seem to have done ok last night and came in quite happy this morning. The tent stood up to the wind and didn’t leak other than a few drops on the floor, which was probably off their shoes. After having breakfast and walking Tal-y we set off for Niagara Falls, the Canadian side. The rain had stopped by the time we got up this morning and the day was nice and clear if still a bit windy. We drove toward Niagara State Park on the American side and then crossed over the Rainbow Bridge to get into Canada. The customs lines were really short and it took us no time at all to get there; there is something to be said for visiting at this time of the year, particularly when the weather cooperates. The trip across the bridge was definitely worth it as the view of the falls from the Canadian side is so much more spectacular than from the American side since the Canadians have a complete face on view of the Horseshoe, American, and Bridal Falls – they are absolutely beautiful.
We parked the car and walked down towards the falls; it took us a little while to find somewhere to get tickets as a lot of the tourist centers had already closed for the winter. We got the package ticket and the first thing we did was The Journey Behind the Falls. For this we took an elevator down 100ft or so and then walked through a tunnel that had been made behind the Horseshoe Falls. It was amazing to see the force of the water up close but it wasn’t quite what I had imagined and it was not as up close and personal an experience as I was expecting. Still cool though and we got to see the Horseshoe Falls power from only a few feet away. The sheer volume of water going over the falls, and the power with which it does is absolutely amazing; the force of nature is awesome.
Afterwards we went to watch the 4D movie called Niagara’s Fury. It started off pretty lamely with some cartoon info about how the falls were formed (it didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me to be honest), then we all went into another theatre area and the 4D part happened. It was understandable why they gave us ponchos to watch the movie cos we all got quite soaked. It was cool though and really well done – much better than the movie we got to watch on the American side.
Since Mike had rerouted our trip the Maid of the Mist boats were still running today so mam and dad got to experience that, and I’m glad they did cos that’s definitely the best way to experience the falls. We all got into our lovely blue ponchos and headed for the boats. We didn’t have to wait hardly anytime and the boat rise into the falls was just as amazing an experience the second time as it was the first time, and this time we were right at the front of the boat. The view was fantastic, and we got to see the falls a lot clearer this time even when we were right up against them since there was a lot less spray in the air; maybe because it was a lot colder than when we were here in early September.
After having lunch at some jungle café that had moving elephants and other animals (weird) we took the shuttle a few miles to check out the white water walk. It had started raining by the time we got there and we got a little wet but no big deal. Mam and dad stayed in the covered part and Mike and I walked the boardwalk to check out the rapids. They are super scary, I can’t understand why anyone would want to ride them. In fact people have to get special permission to ride these rapids from both the Americans and Canadians as they are a category 6 and way too dangerous for almost everyone to attempt riding.
After all this we headed back to the trailer. It was an excellent day and I think mam and dad enjoyed the whole experience like I did.

Mike: Magnificent, The Canadian side is much better and not so trashy!