Niagara Falls

 Well we made it back to New York and we headed for the falls. Thanks to our neighbors Christine and Mark Bonn we were provided with lots of fun things to do in and around Buffalo and Niagara. On their urging we decided to do the Cave of the Winds tour. It was soooooo fun. 

You take an elevator down 175 feet. (18 floors). Then you put on designer souvenir flip flops and a plastic poncho and you walk down and around the American and Bridal Veil Falls. In spite of the ponchos we still got soaked. 

There is one platform just under the falls called the hurricane. The force of the falls feels like a hurricane and you can barely stand up. I felt like Al Roker reporting in a hurricane.  No photos. I was too afraid I’d lose my phone. 

Before and after 

What a fun experience. 

After this we walked around the rest of the stare park to see horseshoe falls. 

We learned that it was Tesla in conjunction with Westinghouse who convinced the locals that hydro electric power could be converted to AC power and piped into peoples homes. They won the competition to show this and were prominently featured at the PAN American Exhibition in 1901 where they illuminated Buffalo at night using their new invention. 

Really nice day spent at the falls. Thank God we had nice weather. Getting wet felt so good.