My
Trip to Niagara Falls, NY
Before 2009 I had never been to the Falls. When I
told my best friends this they immediately started planning a day trip because
they thought that it was ridiculous that I hadn’t been even though we live
approximately 25 minutes away from one of the world’s greatest natural wonders.
We started off the day by getting there in one
piece. This was the first time my friends and I had gone on an adventure
together and we took a slightly scenic route getting there after we took the
wrong exit, but we did get there!
Since the main goal of this trip was for me to SEE
the Falls we didn’t do the really touristy things. We saved the classic Niagara
Falls experiences, such as the Maid of the Mist or the Cave of the Winds tour,
for another time.
First we went and walked over to the Falls. The
vantage point from the American side isn’t as good apparently as the Canadian
side, but it didn’t matter to me, it was still amazing. I couldn’t believe that so
much water could go that fast. I could just see the power rushing down the
river and then down the Falls. I couldn’t believe it had taken me so long to
see it.
Next we went walking through Niagara Falls State
Park (because we could only stare at a bunch of water for so long no matter how
magnificent). We went in autumn so the trees were changing and everything
looked picture perfect.
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| Can you spot the Bride? |
Our goal was to go to Goat Island because we thought
the name was funny. On the walk there we saw a wedding party taking pictures in
the woods. We didn’t know they were there until we met them at Goat Island but
when I looked at the photos I had taken on the walk there I realized that I had
accidently got a photo of the bride as the photographer was about to take her
photo!
Goat Island wasn’t actually as exciting as its name
suggests, it was just more woods but we did follow a black squirrel for a while
and my friends ventured onto the rocks while I stayed safely on the path just
in case they met their dooms.
We also went to the Niagara Falls Hard Rock Café. It
was the first time I had gone to one of those as well. It was exciting to see
all of the rock n’ roll memorabilia that the Hard Rock Cafés house. Anne and I
have since visited the Cafés in NYC and Baltimore, it’s become our tradition. To
wrap up our day we went to the Niagara Fashion Outlet, where Rachel tried on a
$400 hat and I was convinced we were going to get arrested for even looking at
something that expensive let alone trying it on!
I don’t think I can ever fully express to my friends
how much this trip meant to me. It was this, among many other instances, which
caused me to believe that they would be my best friends forever. I mean who
else would plan an adventure to Niagara Falls just because their friend hadn’t
been yet. I am so glad that my first trip there was with them (coincidentally the
three of us went back to Niagara Falls a couple years later to visit the
Niagara Aquarium and we plan to go to Canada this year so I can see the Falls
from the Canadian side too. The Falls will always be our go to place for
adventure)!
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