Before we get too far down the road, we need to post something about our Maid of the Mist experience. This is the boat tour that one takes to get “up close and personal” with Niagara Falls (we “experienced” the Maid of the Mist on Thursday; it’s now Sunday).

The above photo was taken before the boat ride with Niagra Falls in the background.

Marty’s perspective of the boat ride: (this is a verbatim transcript of his comments) It was wet. It was great. Did I mention it was wet? It was about 45 minutes long. Did I mention that it was wet?

Photo of Bridal Veil falls from boat – this is before it got really wet! When we got to the main falls (Horseshoe) it was too wet to use a camera. We were in white out conditions anyway…

Bunny’s perspective: I’m renaming this boat ride “The Maid (I wish I had) Missed”. For $17 each, we basically got familiar with how victims of a Class 5 hurricane would feel if they were stupid enough to ignore the evacuation orders. We were able to get an up close view of Bridal Veil falls (the much smaller of the two). But the main event (Horseshoe Falls) was obscured by torrential rain/mist and a visceral fear that the rocking boat would not make the turn and that our names would be listed among those “lost at sea.” Most of the people on our boat – and there were droves – didn’t speak English which explains why they were there: they couldn’t read the warnings on TripAdvisor. We had no such excuse. But I can say “been there, done that.” And move on… 🙂

A selfie of us after the boat ride. The only reason I’m smiling is because it’s over. 🙂