We are finally moving west! We had a delayed departure from South Hadley (but Jo got some professional mountain biking teaching points :P). On the road to Cooperstown from South Hadley…
After a very busy morning of moving, we left for our first destination – Niagara Falls! Jo’s med school friend’s mom very graciously hosted us for the night close to Buffalo, and we were able to see the beauty of grandeur of the falls without battling the tourists for too long. Buffalo is much bigger than we thought, and according to our host, it was one of the top 10 big cities in the early 1900s. And, it’s home to Wegman’s 🙂
Now that the car is loaded and we are headed west (and Jo’s final details of research are sorted out), she is in tourist mode and writing on the blog (hooray!). We saw the falls from the American side…
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But we both agreed that the Canadian side is a bit more picture-worthy.
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We did Journey Behind the Falls – it brought us super close to the water’s edge of Horseshoe falls, and we were both very happy to have ponchos AND rain jackets.
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It is incredible how much water goes over the edge every minute! According to reputable resources (aka wikipedia), about 168,000,000 liters of water go over the edge PER MINUTE. Coming from California with all of it’s dry drought-y-ness, it was very awe-inspiring to stand next to the thunderous water.
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If you go to Niagara Falls, it’s definitely worth checking out the Canadian side! The light show is pretty too with all of the mist from the falls.
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Trip counter (reset now that the trip is really starting!):
Cumulative caffeine count – 4
Tank count – 1
Puppy count – 6
Toll – $11.45
Times Jo crashed while mountain biking – 0