Well, I will say this: I don’t think there is a rock in all of Niagara Falls State Park that Ethan did not climb on.
Our first day out on grand adventure road trip was a bit hard and very long. It was all a little to new (and long) to get into a groove. And while new Legos, a maze book, and The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardroberadio drama did help Ethan and Emry, Ellyson wasn’t overly impressed…and hardly napped. It was late when we arrived near Niagara (did I mention it was a long trip?) that I just told Ed to drive past the hotel and go on to the Falls. After all, if everyone is awake at 9:30 and it’s pitch black, you might as well go see the Falls lit up and night. Which we and several other hundred people did. It was highlight of the Falls for Emry.
At least we had very tired kids collapse at the hotel that night! The next morning we didn’t rush out, but we got to the Falls mid-morning and started our adventure across the very bridge where we had taken a picture of Emry five years ago when she was about Ellyson’s age.
We trekked down and up to Luna Island and the viewing area of the Bridal Veil Falls. It was a warm day and the kids were starting to complain about that fact. Still, they enjoyed the view, saw a rainbow, and had their first experience with a view finder. We had also had a geography lesson about Canada. They found it fascinating that they were looking across the gorge into another country!
Ethan pointing at the Falls.
After that it was a lot of distracting on my part to keep them from griping about the heat: racing up the stairs, looking at the Tesla statue, and chasing seagulls. I did not suggest the latter, but it is amazing how they could chase those birds around at high speed one moment and gripe about taking two steps down the trail the next! At least Ellyson was enjoying her time in the stroller!
We did (finally) make it down to Terrapin Point to see the Horseshoe Falls. They found that grand because of the many rainbows and the wind blowing the mist from the Falls and cooling them off. Even Ellyson enjoyed that, “talking” animatedly about…well, who know what but maybe the Falls.
Rainbows at Horseshoe Falls.
After that we nearly left two children at Niagara Falls. You would have thought the trek back to our car was a one hundred mile hike through the Sahara Desert. One which we survived enough to sit down, eat a picnic, and then dash about chasing squirrels. We then returned to the hotel where Emry and Ethan somehow discovered there was an indoor pool. Ed was game to take them so off they went for over two hours while Ellyson napped and I worked in a very quiet, cool hotel room. All in all a great afternoon! Followed by dinner, an early night to bed, and now the not-quite-so-long trek to New Hampshire. We’ll be at Aunt Katey’s in time for dinner!
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