Lauren and I had a few days off together...so we made a road trip up to Niagara Falls. I worked the night before, so I slept in the car while Lauren drove us the 3 hours to get there. The picture above is of the American Falls from the American side. You can see the Horseshoe Falls in the distance.
We got a little lost when we first came to town. We just followed the mist to the falls (cause you could see it from a distance).
It was colder our first day in town than the second. We went straight to Maid of the Mist to see the falls from below.
This is the Rainbow Bridge between Canada and the U.S. 
That's me on the left and Lauren on the right in our ponchos waiting to get on the boat.
That's how much the wind was blowing. I had a long sleeve t-shirt, a fleece and a coat on under that poncho. Of course there were mittens and a hat too!
Boating past the American Falls.
Me at the bottom of the Horseshoe Falls on the Canada side.
Canadian Falls
After our boat ride. We went to the visitor center and were able to find a hike along the Niagara River. We headed to Devil's Hole per our waiter's recommendation. We were very excited about the Fall foliage.
I wasn't expecting the river to be SO blue. It was beautiful.
We walked down many stairs to get to the bottom of Devil's Hole.
Picture of the trail we walked on once we were at the bottom.
We snuck off the trail to get closer to the river. That's me enjoying the view.
Taking a little break on our way back up.
It's hard to see, but that's me making my senior picture pose against the tree.
Closer view...takes me right back to Portage MI.
Happy couple playing in the leaves. Lauren was spot on for self portraits on this trip.
Lauren's uncle lives just outside of Niagara Falls NY and that's where we spent the night. They were all decorated for Halloween. When he was giving up directions he kept saying, "You won't miss it!". And we didn't!
They made us a nice ham dinner and then we some how talked them into driving us back to the falls now that the sun was down. Lauren, her aunt and uncle and myself all walked across the bridge to Canada and walked along the falls. It was a bit chilly, but Lauren and I wanted to see how they colored the falls at night. It wasn't quite what we were expecting. Pictures didn't come out too great. They basically shine colored lights at the falls.
One of many pictures where we ask someone to take our pictures in front of some tourist scene and the pictures turns out to just be us and you have no idea where we are because the tourist scene didn't make the picture. We are actually standing on the Canadian side with the American Falls behind us. We headed home and went straight to bed...we had a busy day planned for tomorrow! Stay tuned.
We walked down many stairs to get to the bottom of Devil's Hole.
Picture of the trail we walked on once we were at the bottom.
We snuck off the trail to get closer to the river. That's me enjoying the view.
Taking a little break on our way back up.
It's hard to see, but that's me making my senior picture pose against the tree.
Closer view...takes me right back to Portage MI.
Happy couple playing in the leaves. Lauren was spot on for self portraits on this trip.
Lauren's uncle lives just outside of Niagara Falls NY and that's where we spent the night. They were all decorated for Halloween. When he was giving up directions he kept saying, "You won't miss it!". And we didn't!
They made us a nice ham dinner and then we some how talked them into driving us back to the falls now that the sun was down. Lauren, her aunt and uncle and myself all walked across the bridge to Canada and walked along the falls. It was a bit chilly, but Lauren and I wanted to see how they colored the falls at night. It wasn't quite what we were expecting. Pictures didn't come out too great. They basically shine colored lights at the falls.
One of many pictures where we ask someone to take our pictures in front of some tourist scene and the pictures turns out to just be us and you have no idea where we are because the tourist scene didn't make the picture. We are actually standing on the Canadian side with the American Falls behind us. We headed home and went straight to bed...we had a busy day planned for tomorrow! Stay tuned. 
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