Niagara Trip III

One of the cliche things to do at Niagara Falls is to take the Maid of the Mist boat tour, which takes you pretty close to the Falls.  This is another case where there's something to the cliche---as a testament, when you get to Niagara Falls you receive coupon books for all of the cheap and cheesy tourist attractions desperate for attention (e.g., the Skywheel is a bust) except for the boat tour.  Still, a ride on the Maid of the Mist boat is not too expensive so it's definitely worth doing if you're there.  We were warned that you would get pretty wet even with the free ponchos, so we ended up sitting on the bottom deck of the boat where we were mostly shielded from the water.  Despite that, we still got pretty wet when we got close to the falls and I only dared to use a cheap small camera to snap some pictures.  We were lucky that the sun broke out right when we got onto the boat, which provided for some dazzling rainbows.

American Falls

 American Falls

 Horseshoe Falls

 Horseshoe Falls

 Horseshoe Falls