The Falls

We find ourselves tonight at Niagara Falls. Wow. It’s hard to describe the beauty of this place and the wonder that it inspires. Despite the hordes of tourists around the place and the gaudy Vegas-like entertainment strip, the falls themselves are worthy of the visit. I don’ think verbal or written description can truly do the falls justice, they are simply amazing.

We went for a ride on the Maid of the Mist this afternoon, the boat that takes you right up to the horseshoe falls (there’s actually two major components to the falls) and the sheer volume of water that pours over the cliff every second is mind blowing. I simply can’t imagine what inspired some bloke to go over the falls in a barrel. In about 1901 none-the-less. And he survived. Some kid actually survived falling over the falls in nothing more than a life vest at some point early in the same century and if it was your kid that you saw going over, you’d have to think that it was the last time that you were ever going to see them. Its just a monstrous amount of water.

Its 9pm at the moment and apparently they light up the falls at night. Hopefully once Mum and Dad come back from their walk, Caroline and I will get a chance to go out there and have a look ourselves and see it.