Niagara Falls State Park

Wednesday, June 6, 2012.

Today is another long driving day. We're heading from Harrisburg up to Niagra Falls. It's about a 6 hour drive, so we're starting early. I don't know why, but I'm really keen for the drive. It's got a real road-trip feel to it.

Because of the long drive, and we want to spend as much time in Niagra as …

Today we traveled to Niagara State Park to hike and ride the Maid of the Mist. We sat through a lengthy wait at the border to get out of Canada. We were exactly 1.3 miles from our Hotel to New York, yet it took over an hour. Luckily I have several audio history books for the kids that capture their attention and when those are done we have our …

Tuesday 9/18/2012:

The drive out of Chicago became a wet and wild one as we hit a storm not far out and it continued on and off for the majority of the day's journey. We drove back across Indiana – this time in an easterly direction heading towards New York. The destination for the day was Sandusky, so once we entered into Ohio we …

We stopped at Niagara Falls State Park after crossing the U.S./Canada border. Crossing the U.S. border is one of the slowest processes ever. But we stopped at the falls, and boy was it ever worth it. Lots of great photo opportunites as you can see. We walked down to the observation area which gets you to within a couple feet of the edge. The mist …

Very nice camp ground. Rained pretty good …

Location: Currently on the train to NYC (just passed through Syracuse, NY)

While I understand that Niagara Falls is considered a great place to visit for couples (of which I saw many) I didn't feel that out of place as a single female traveler. Two days in the area I think is just enough time to appreciate everything about the falls …

Day 11

Today was our longest traveling day of the trip. We drove around 8 hours (about 420 miles) plus took a 30 minute ferry across Lake Champlain from Charlotte, VT to Essex, NY. We were the picture of efficiency as we woke the kids up at 5:45 to get on the road in time to catch the 7:00 am ferry in Charlotte. Chanel was down and …

It rained pretty much all the way across Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York State on our way to Niagara Falls. We think it was the last remaining bands of rain from hurricane Gustav. We stayed at 4 Mile Creek Campground where the British fought with the ...

... in a lot some distance from the falls. Parking there was $10 for the day.  We then walked to Niagara State Park (location of the falls) and viewed American Falls.  The place was crawling with people.  We decided to walk over the foot ...

... was good value. On the 19th we managed to get back to the Transport Station in Buffalo to catch a connecting bus to Niagara Falls. While waiting around a dude in a White suit with a white Stetson introduced himself (We'll call him Wilbur as we've ...

Wow!  Niagara Falls was beautiful!  It was a perfect, sunny fall day and we explored the park with the dogs and walked around Goat Island.  From the US side you are mostly on top of the falls and so you don't get a dead on view.  ...

... checked into our State Park in Youngstown, was that our permit to get into this State Park, also got us free parking at Niagara Falls State Park. Tim, being Tim, was therefore focused on getting a park in the one car park that we could park in for free ...

After a late breakfast and quality time at the gym and pool, we headed to Niagara Falls State Park. Easy parking and shuttle service made the day a breeze. Yellow ponchos at the Cave of The Winds and Blue ponchos for the Maid of the Mist boat ride. The ...

... got a barrel I can borrow. After about 3 hours on the road (via a pit stop in a service station) I made it to Niagara Falls State Park, the fifth of the day where I would see my 3rd, 4th and 5th waterfalls although these were somewhat bigger than those ...

... direct view of the Canadian side with its bars, restaurants and tower block casinos. After a short walk through the Niagara Falls State Park, we arrived at the falls. With a direct view of the illuminated, American Falls, you were left slightly ...

... we have had on this trip.  We are headed to Niagara Falls today and decided to camp at Four Mile Creek State Park just north of Niagara Falls on route 18.  Niagara Falls is less than 20 minutes away from the camp.  We setup camp and ...

... Comfort Inn.  It is the closest hotel to the falls on the American side.  We were located directly across from the State Park and a very short walk from the Rainbow Bridge (the entrance to Canada).  Our view was the park.  The rooms ...