Carol & Warner's Trip Around The USA: Dearborn, Michigan to Niagara Falls, Canada

Monday, June 13, 2011

Dearborn to Niagara Falls, Canada

The trip to Niagara Falls was uneventful and the landscape was very much like the landscape we had passed through in previous days. We did skirt the southern edges of the Great Lakes but had only glimpses of them. We choose to enter Canada to reach the Canadian Falls and so we could say we had included a foreign country in our trip.

We arrived at Niagara Falls the city about 3pm. Our first thought was, “How do we find the falls?” We stopped at a visitor bureau and asked for a map they had displayed. The attendant said they didn’t have any. She did note that they did have another map but could only give it to people who were staying three or more days. Thank you very much.

Eventually we got some directions and drove on to find “The Falls”. We drove into town and immediately saw the towering hotels on the bluff overlooking the river and the falls. These were, we had previously learned, fully booked.

After paying $18.00 to park, we crossed the street to the viewing area and fought our way through the hordes of other viewers to the pathway along the river. What a mob!

We saw the falls, American and Canadian, and were suitably awed. The Canadian Falls were, and are, spectacular. The roar of the blue-green water was pronounced. The base of the falls was nearly obscured by mist.

The American Falls were sedate and less impressive than the Canadian Falls.

We arrived, we looked, I photographed, and we left audibly wondering what else there was to do except look at the falls, eat, spend the night, and buy souvenirs.

There were no regrets. It was a worthwhile trip just to see the fabled falls and since it was too late for a honeymoon, we moved to the New York Thruway to find a place to spend the night before continuing onto Windsor, Connecticut to spend our last night on the road with Cate, Carol’s niece.