Road Trip to Niagara Falls

Sally and I took a road trip to Niagara Falls during July of 2006. Sara and Justin were living in Dayton, Ohio and they invited us to meet them in Niagara Falls for a few days.  They had also invited his parents, Dean and Sonya Buskirk. Sara and Justin were in a committed relationship and they wanted the parents to meet and get to know each other. Niagara Falls vacation was a great way to do that.

On the drive to Niagara Falls, we stopped to enjoy Cumberland Falls in Kentucky

Sara and Justin

American Falls

Maid of the Mist boat ride

 

That's all of us - Maid of the Mist boat ride

Drying Time

 

American Falls

Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls behind us

 

Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls 

 

American Falls

 

Horseshoe Falls

Horseshoe Falls - Maid of the Mist almost disappearing in mist

Maid of the Mist

 

Journey beneath the falls

Journey beneath the falls

View behind the falls

Journey beneath the Falls

Journey beneath the Falls

 

a deafening roar

 

When you are this close...you are in awe of the power of all that water

Top rim of Horseshoe falls

 

Above Horseshoe Falls

 

Just above the drop-off

Looking down at Horseshoe Falls from the hill above

 

Sara and Sonya

 

Clifton Street

 

Sky Wheel

Ready to board the Sky Wheel

Riding the Sky Wheel

American Falls from Sky Wheel

 

Niagara Skyline

 

Night at the Falls

Fireworks at the Falls

 

Proposal

Engaged!

Engaged!

 

 

 

 

Engaged Couple surrounded by the parents

 

The Ring

 

Vineyards at Ontario-on-the-Lake

Wine Cellar

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In the Cellar

 

Vineyards    

       

That's Nebraska Indian sign language for "Stop! This is my squaw"

 

View from Goat Island, USA

Goat Island, USA

Goat Island, USA

That's a lot of water power- at the edge of the American Falls and looking into Canada at Horseshoe Falls

 

Purple Loosestrife

 

 

Sara is just above Bridal Veil Falls

Looking down from the top of Bridal Veil Falls

 

Chicory

Highpoint of Ohio

Highpoint of Indiana - Hoosier Hill

Going through western Kentucky, we stopped at Mammoth Cave...Sally going down into the bowels of the earth

Active formations

Draperies Room

 

Historical main entrance to Mammoth Cave

Highpoint of Mississippi - Survey marker