Trip to Niagara Falls New York

by Samantha Marshall
(Kansas, US)

On our trip to Niagara Falls we stayed on the New York side. The first day my family and I went on one of the Maid of the Mist boat ride.

Well all thought it was funny how we had to wear ponchos that and that none of the ponchos really fit my sister the one they found for her still quite big. We thought that it was very interesting that this was one of the oldest tours in the United States that it has been around since 1846.

The next day we ended up going on a van tour of Niagara Falls which took us to all the major sites. We were able to go up into the Observation Tower which is pretty exciting because it the observation deck allows you to see both the falls and the Horseshoe Fall all at once.

Next they took us to Prospect Point, Terrapin Point, and Three Sisters Islands. On Three Sisters Islands we were able to hike around a bit. As far as trying to go over the Falls in a barrel there have actually been people who have survived such as Annie Taylor back in 1901 and were the first person ever to attempt it. The funniest part of our van trip we went over to the Canadian Side and we were all let through not a problem.

We were able to see the American Side of the falls and go up into the Skylon Tower and it was very interesting to see the falls from the other side also Toronto was very beautiful as we drove around. The interesting part was that when coming back into the US our van had a little problem when we forgot to bring identification for my 10 year old sister. Thankfully we had her name on a insurance card….we joke with her now that she almost had to stay and become a Canadian by herself.

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