Kristin and Chris had flown to Buffalo NY for a family reunion over the weekend. We knew it was going to be tough to figure out how we could see each other. They had planned to see the Falls from the Canadian side and hopefully then we could see them for a few minutes. It turned out that some of the family didn't have their passports with them so they stayed on the American side. We discovered that this weekend was one of the biggest Canadian holidays so this place was packed. It was estimated that trying to go over the bridge into the U.S. (about 1 or 2 miles away) was a 2-3 hr back up through customs so we waved real big at each other (ha).
We booked a 5 hr tour for Saturday. What a great idea. The boat we rode took us right up to the falls. It was beautiful. Then we went up in the tower that gave panoramic views of the Falls and the area. Then our guide drove us to both ends of the river. What was so amazing was learning about how many, many miles the Falls had eroded. It was approximately 7 miles and until recently it eroded an inch per year but now they are controlling the flow of the Falls to where now it is eroding approximately an inch every 10 years. We also learned that 23 million gallons per minute go over the Horseshoe Falls, which is the Canadian side. That's hard to imagine! We also saw the new power plant and learned that it supplies 70% of the power for ALL of New York State.
Today we drove over to Niagara-On-The-Lake. That area is full of wineries and a beautiful old historic town with quaint shops.
We head in the morning for Canton Ohio for a few days. Miss all
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