Friday August 1, 2008

We answered some e-mails this morning (it has been at least a week without internet) and then headed for Niagara Falls. The park is the first state park in the US! It is beautiful. Luckily we see people biking and decide to unpack the bikes. Best decision of the day. We bought Niagara passes so we biked to the aquarium, discovery center and then made our way over the river to eat lunch at the “Top of the Falls” restaurant. It overlooks Horseshoe Falls…very beautiful. After lunch we did the Cave of the Wind walking tour underneath Bridal Veil Falls…we were very wet, but donated our Niagara falls sandals to the poor (they are included in the price of the tour). We then went to the Maid of the Mist boat tour. Blue ponchos instead of yellow, but no wait and we went to the base of the falls. The falls are pretty amazing…there is no way to describe the power of the water going over that cliff. After doing all that Niagara Falls State Park had to offer we went to Sean Manning’s winery, “Freedom Run” We did a tasting and bought a couple of bottles. It really is a beautiful place. Sean did the winery up right…we talked to the people there, Sean’s pottery is for sale there. Then, we went to the Jet Boats! Jet Boats…what can I say. They are fast and crazy. Of course, we had the boat that had a new employee on it (sitting right in front of us) so at the end of the ride our guide came up and sat in front of us and the fun began. Greg and I could not even breathe because of the amount of water coming over the sides. I am SURE that the pilot was trying to make an effect on the newbie and of course….it made and effect on the rest of us in the form of water up our noses! We ended our night on the deck overlooking the Niagara river with the sun going down and when we got back to the park we unfortunately had to do some laundry.