Moving on from Savannah, we stopped a little further along for the evening before David's mammoth driving day of 10 hours in the car. This saw us rocket thru states #34 - #38. South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia and Pennsylvania! Kids did loads of homework, car bingo, card games, DS's and reading books. We saw the landscapes change dramatically from the Florida sunshine to the gorgeous colours of the leaves changing on the trees; from greens, reds, yellows and browns. America prepares itself for the change of seasons from Summer into Fall (Autumn). We are now searching our suitcases for jackets and long pants! Temperatures have plummeted from the 90's down to the 60's. Good bye beautiful Florida tan!
Next state #39 New York - Niagara Falls. We were told that you can't see as much of the falls on the American side so we headed across the bridge again into Ontario, Canada.
These water falls are incredible! We literally walked across the street from the middle of Niagara Falls township and BAM - there they are!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ze2vfl3Ig_8
The smaller of the two falls is called American Falls and the largest is the more photographed one called Horseshoe Falls. A spectacular rainbow emerged from the mist as we arrived. Made for impressive photographs. We also took a tour in behind the waterfalls - bit scary, and got very wet. The flimsy poncho that the guides gave us were not that effective. The second day we visited the falls, we went on the "Maid of the Mist". This is the boat that goes right up to the face of the falls. You are in awe of the power of the water that comes across the falls. 19 people in history have tried to survive the 53m drop mostly in barrels. Some survive, some don't. One guy went over on a jet ski in 1995, but his parachute did not open and his body never recovered. Another went over in just a bathing suit in 2003. He miraculously survived, and swam to shore denying a ride from the Maid of the Mist along the way. He received a fine of $2300 and banned from entering Canada for life! He and his friend were said to have been partaking in alcohol before the jump, his friend could not work out how to start the video camera and the entire jump went by unrecorded! 154 million litres per minute of water makes the journey across Niagara Falls.
Went back at dusk to view the falls at night. They provide an impressive illumination show for the people lining the view points to see the falls at night.
Heading of in the morning towards Boston.
Love Team Connor USA xoxoxoxoxo
