Niagara Falls, New York

Guess who's back???  Wow, Vegas life is crazy but you won't know for several more blogs to come...instead lets back track to Laura and I heading out of the rolling hills of Granny Smith's house and heading North to the great state of New York and to one of the most beautiful places we have ever been. Niagara Falls! This place is absolutely breathtaking! When planning this trip, we had never even mentioned heading all the way up here, but after living in Amish country for three days, we had a renewed interest in landmarks of any kind and it was only 3 hours away.  When you plan on driving over 100 hours, what is 3 anyway?

So as we arrived at the state park, we were surprised it was all free.  That's a huge bonus when going on a trip of this magnitude.  So anyway after driving for 3 grueling hours we did what any american family would do...we had some "authentic" chinese food from the Yummy Hutt! It was a a quick bite of scrum-didily-umptious and out the door we went!  We quickly sized up the area map and began our ascent to the falls!!!

Wow is all I can still say, even after 5 months.  The sheer size and sound of the water crashing is both terrifying and mesmerizing!  The scene just captivated Laura and I and we found a small bench and just sat listening to the falls for what seemed like forever.  It was so peaceful.  To this day, this is still Laura's favorite moment of the trip...and to think, we almost didn't even come here!  After chilling out for about an hour we decided to brave the skywalk.  It's basically just a big concrete overhang for you to take marvelous photos of both sides of the falls. (US and Canada)  This was well worth the $2 and once again we found ourselves just frozen in time with nothing else in our minds but the sheer beauty we were taking in!

I now know it is places like this that not only laid the groundwork for us to partake in this Odyssey, but also to help provide everyone else to have the motivation to also get out and experience what the world has to offer.  We are not here long, so enjoy it while we are!!!  We love you guys!