{"id":2156,"date":"2017-08-10T06:12:29","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T13:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/?p=2156"},"modified":"2017-08-10T06:12:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T13:12:29","slug":"niagara-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cowlesmountain.com\/Travels\/2017\/08\/10\/niagara-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Niagara Falls."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Thankfully we got off to an early start to see the falls as I heard it’s incredibly crowded in the afternoons.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We opted to head for Goats Island first where you can walk to the Bridal Veil Falls and watch the Maids of the Mist nose in close inside the curves of the horseshoe.\u00a0\u00a0 The sound the falls makes is awesome,\u00a0 I had forgotten as it’s been close to 40 years since I was last there.\u00a0\u00a0 This was the first time for Kathy.<\/p>\n

We took a bunch of pics and walked all around then headed for the path to the American Falls.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Funny thing is there are no signs to get you to either falls by walking, and they are very close. All the signs are for the concessions: \u00a0 Trolleys,\u00a0 Cave of the Winds, Maid of the Mist, etc.\u00a0\u00a0 Herd the cattle this way and that for a small fee.<\/p>\n

It was a delightful stroll over there. \u00a0 It was a beautiful morning with a light \"\"<\/a>breeze and maybe 70 degrees.\u00a0 Not at all what I remember about August on the East Coast. \u00a0It is a beautiful pathway and bridges around the river and the rapids before you actually see the falls!<\/p>\n

The American Falls are almost straight across, but you can get right out over them and look down, which is very cool.\u00a0 Big rainbows on a sunny day! \u00a0[You could also walk out on a bridge to a tower and look back, with a beautiful view of them all, which I did for $1.25!]<\/p>\n

Then we drove off the island and into the town of Niagara Falls.\u00a0 Kathy compared it to Tijuana…\u00a0 It was a bit ugly and dirty,\u00a0 but she may never have been to Tijuana.\u00a0 It was much cleaner than TJ.<\/p>\n

We headed over there to see the American falls from the other side and to go onto that big overlook structure.\u00a0\u00a0 The whole place is very commercialized. \u00a0That overlook charged to go out there. \u00a0 It was a very small fee, but why charge for that?<\/p>\n

The campground was extremely nice, but they were the most expensive place we have camped so far, even more than Joe’s Lodge. \u00a0It had everything and was very well maintained. \u00a0What an incredible place for families with kids!!<\/p>\n

Here are some other pics.\u00a0\u00a0 We head for the 1000 Islands area\u00a0 tomorrow.\u00a0 \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a> \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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Thankfully we got off to an early start to see the falls as I heard it’s incredibly crowded in the afternoons.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We opted to head for Goats Island first where you can walk to the Bridal Veil Falls and watch the Maids of the Mist nose in close inside the curves of the horseshoe.\u00a0\u00a0 The … <\/p>\n

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