Woke up today and the sun is shining!! We have had rain for the last 2 days. They were filming in the park in front of our hotel. We walked over and found out from Barrel Man (a guy in a barrel suite) that it was a TV show like the Amazing Race (one of our favorites) called Cache Craze only the contestants were children.
We went on a behind the Falls tour. It was a tunnel built in 1903 that had 3 lookouts where you could see the falls pouring down.
A couple of interesting facts we learned was that the Falls are on the Niagara river which drains Lake Erie into Lake Ontario. Another fact was that there has been only one person who has accidently gone over the falls, a 7 year old boy who was in a boating accident. He had on just a life jacket and a swimsuit when he went over and was rescued by one of the Lady of the Mist boats that take tourists close to the falls. He was uninjured. His sister was rescued before going over.
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| Lady of the Mist |
Here are just a few of the pictures we took at the Falls.
Headed back to the U.S. and got to New York (the Empire State) about 12:30. We are traveling east through Northern New York. We stopped in East Syracuse, NY because our car needs maintenance light had come on so we decided to have it serviced. It took a little while, so we just decided to stay there for the night. We had traveled 180 miles.
We went to dinner at the Dinosaur Barbeque that was recommended by one of the workers at the service shop. Best barbequed ribs I have ever had. The restaurant was pretty laid back ambience, but it was packed.
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