After driving for a while next to the Erie Canal, we arrived in Buffalo, NY, in the evening of the 29th and drove around town looking for a place to have Buffalo wings. Found a great little hole-in-the-wall and chowed down about 60 delicious wings between all 8 of us!
Mom & Dad decided to find an RV park for the night and we opted for another parking lot. After we split up, we remembered that the falls were supposed to be lit at night and decided it would be fun to try to see it that way. It was well worth it! They are lit with alternating colors of lights and the beauty and power are incredibly impressive. In the morning, we viewed the falls with Mom & Dad and were awed once again. So much water falling off those cliffs. Some of our family kept being reminded of a Calvin & Hobbs cartoon having to do with Niagara Falls :). The weather had turned cold and we also were anxious to get headed for Chicago, so we chose not to do the boat ride close to the bottom of the falls. It would probably have been even more impressive from down there.
On our way out of town, we saw a sign for an old carousel and museum and stopped for a quick tour of the workshop and ride on the wooden ponies.
Hit the road and drove though Ohio, Indiana, a quick detour just across the Michigan state line, and arrived pretty tuckered out at our hotel outside of Chicago, Illinois, about midnight. We enjoyed driving in these farmland states. It amazed us how quickly it seemed we left the trees and hills of New England and upstate New York behind and entered the plains. Tomorrow we’ll sight-see in the windy city.
Mom & Dad decided to find an RV park for the night and we opted for another parking lot. After we split up, we remembered that the falls were supposed to be lit at night and decided it would be fun to try to see it that way. It was well worth it! They are lit with alternating colors of lights and the beauty and power are incredibly impressive. In the morning, we viewed the falls with Mom & Dad and were awed once again. So much water falling off those cliffs. Some of our family kept being reminded of a Calvin & Hobbs cartoon having to do with Niagara Falls :). The weather had turned cold and we also were anxious to get headed for Chicago, so we chose not to do the boat ride close to the bottom of the falls. It would probably have been even more impressive from down there.
On our way out of town, we saw a sign for an old carousel and museum and stopped for a quick tour of the workshop and ride on the wooden ponies.
Hit the road and drove though Ohio, Indiana, a quick detour just across the Michigan state line, and arrived pretty tuckered out at our hotel outside of Chicago, Illinois, about midnight. We enjoyed driving in these farmland states. It amazed us how quickly it seemed we left the trees and hills of New England and upstate New York behind and entered the plains. Tomorrow we’ll sight-see in the windy city.
Beautiful, beautiful place
Yummy wings! Adri got a new bike in Niagara Falls as hers was falling apart.
The carousel factory
Yummy wings! Adri got a new bike in Niagara Falls as hers was falling apart.
The carousel factory
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