Friday, February 20, 2009

Road Trip: Niagara Falls

On a somewhat lighter note than the last few posts... ;-)

A couple of weeks ago, Danielle and I drove up to Niagara Falls for the afternoon. Niagara Falls is a relatively short drive from Erie (less than an hour and a half). It's weird to think that we live so close to something that so many people all over the world only ever dream of one day visiting. The falls are awesome all year round of course, but as many of you know, my heart is quite fond of winter. As such, we decided to go up and see the falls in all their winter glory. They did not disappoint:









At the brink of Horseshoe Falls








Horseshoe Falls





OOooh, look at us, we're at the spot where half the world has taken their picture







Looking across the river to America, land of the ice?








Looking downstream at the American Falls and the Rainbow Bridge









The American Falls







Rainbow Bridge









Looking upstream at the Canadian (Horseshoe) Falls






Along the Niagara Parkway, looking across to Goat Island







Back in the USA on Goat Island. The mist from the falls had coated EVERYTHING! It was really quite stunning...







"Blast. There's too much ice. I can't see a thing."




She just wouldn't heed the warnings. Look at the ice chunk that fell on her head! She's lucky she didn't get hurt from that thing!






They weren't kidding.










Looking downstream over the American Falls

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

I should post the falling rock picture we took when we went to Niagara Falls a few years ago...i guess that place just makes you goofy.

Barb said...

Pretty pictures. Ice fell on her head? Seriously! Wasn't it unbearably cold? Was anyone else there(tourists)? I love the pictures.

aaron said...

love them dave, very nice pictures

aaron said...

Love the pics dave, looks like you all had a good time

Gledwood said...

Those pictures are amazing! I've never seen Niagra falls (except e.g. in the marilyn monroe film...) and I certainly never guessed it gets to look like THAT in winter!

Gledwood said...

yeah I love those pixx ~ & gave you a shout at my main one this afternoon

amy grace said...

1) i love danielle's hat
2) your slippery when wet picture is like the one i tried to recapture on our cruise...and i was even in yellow and black like the sign!

love it.

Gledwood said...

This gets more amazing each time I see it...