Day 12-Niagara Falls

We woke up very early, well daddy did and did a great job of leaving Alexandria Bay. We had a 6 1/2 hour drive to Niagara Falls and realized we could cut the day off the trip if we saw the falls today. We made it by about 2 o'clock and immediately saw the magnificent falls. We started with the Cave of the Winds tour and loved it. We felt the force of the falls even if on a very small scale. The girls especially loved the special shoes we got to wear for the tour. Well Kayla didn't and Colbie wanted to be like us so badly she wore our size over her own flip-flops. Next we got on the trolley and went to the Maid of the Mist. It was very cool on the boat to see the falls from the very bottom. They are truly amazing. After that, we went to the "aquarium" and it was pretty decent and spite of our initial thoughts. We went back and saw an IMAX film about the falls and Colbie made a little friend for a while. After that, we went to three sisters islands and actually got to feel the water. Daddy was very nervous because the water was moving fast and we left soon after. We were walking down the path to Horseshoe Falls and saw a man walking a tight rope from the Canadian observation tower to a nearby building. He made it :-) We took one last look at the falls, hit the gift shop and got in the RV to go find our campground. The Branches at Niagara campground was one of the nicest ones we have seen yet. There was even a Keurig machine in the gift shop! The girls saw the playground and other activities and got out of the RV before we could even park. We let daddy wind down while we played tetherball, giant tic-tac-toe, giant checkers, putt putt golf and Colbie played on the playground and in the sand box. There was even an Olympic podium where mom stood to receive her homemade sand pie for the first place winner from Colbie, Callen got second place and Kayla got third place. We had a lot of fun and went back to the RV and roasted marshmallows on on the fire that mom and Callen built. The bathhouse was wonderful so all three girls showered while mom did a load of laundry next door. It was a beautiful campground and we hated to leave a day early.
































Our attempt at taking a picture of ourselves. Total fail.








































Bathhouse




Mommy made the girls eat their dinner in the bedroom on the floor since it was midnight and we did not want to wake up sleepy daddy.
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