Out of the Country

This past weekend we took a little trip up north to Niagara Falls. We decided that we wanted to get the best experience possible so we crossed the border into Canada. Seeing the falls was absolutely amazing. I wish we had had more time to see and do everything, but what we did get to do and see was definitely amazing!

Since we did only have one day to everything we wanted we decided to do a tour so that we could learn the history of the falls and experience several things on our to-do list. Before heading out though we took a quick stop for breakfast at the Flying Saucer, a recommendation from a local. 

 

On our tour our first stop was Skylon Tower. At the top of the tower is an observation deck with the most incredible views of the falls.

The Horseshoe

The American Falls

One of our next stops was to see the Whirlpool.

We also stopped to see the Niagara Falls Floral Clock, part of the Botanical Gardens at the School of Horticulture. 

 I love these buses

One of my favorite stops was at the Butterfly Observatory. We got to see thousands of butterflies that flew all around us and even landed on us occasionally.

 Carter loved seeing the butterflies but did not like the butterfly on his stroller.

We were most excited for the later part of our tour where we got to ride on the Maid of the Mist. This was Braden's favorite thing we did. I was pretty certain that we were going to be drenched, but in fact it wasn't too bad. The mist was crazy and it felt like we were in the middle of a storm, but the view from the falls from the boat were spectacular!

American Falls

Looking back down river.

The Horeshoe

After the boat ride we were able to go down next to the Horseshoe where we got to journey behind the falls. We walked down tunnels to see behind the falls and then out to an observatory deck to get a good look of the falls from the base.

The rainbows were amazing. No matter where you were during the day you could see one.

The boys were exhausted ans so were we so we headed back to the hotel and decided to save some of our tickets for the next day. That night after putting the kids to bed Kam and I stayed up to watch the falls from our hotel room. 

 The View at Night

 The View During the Day

The next morning we checked out of the hotel and headed to do the white water walk to see the class 6 whirlpool rapids. We had to travel down an elevator and through a tunnel to get to the rapids. They were huge!

Brady wasn't too sure about me holding him up on the fence.

The walk along the rapids was so beautiful.

From here we thought about going to use our last tickets for Niagara's Fury, a 4-D experience but decided not to because we thought the kids would get scared. Instead we got in the car to drive to our next adventure.