Niagara Falls - American Side

One of the things we are most excited about while living in New York is traveling. After Chad's Change of Command, we drove to Buffalo with Chad's parents to visit some friends and see Niagara Falls. Saturday we went to the American side of the falls. Pictures don't really capture the falls...they are so massive, the mist makes it hard to see and it was overcast both days we were there.

Walking up to the Horseshoe Falls

The Maid of the Mist Boat that goes right up to the base of the falls. We rode the boat later in the day, but I didn't take my camera.

The mist was so thick, it was hard to even see the falls at times.

Chad's parents

Addison trying to look through the binoculars

The American Falls

Making sure Mya knows one day that she was here!

Sweet Baby!

If you know Chad, your not surprised he let Addison get this close to the water. This was upstream...so IF she fell in, she would head toward the falls!! ahh!

Poor baby Mya! This is how she ended the day - hot, tired and no clothes! She leaked through 2 outfits in the diaper bag and I didn't have any more clothes until we got back to the house.

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