Time: 6.5 hours
Today we woke up much later than planned . . . stupid car lag! Thank goodness we miraculously set our hotel room clock an hour ahead. It wasn't really noon!
We took off in a flash (fastest packing east of the Mississppi!) and drove to Canada to see Niagara Falls. Amazingly, they let us through customs, giving us very odd looks when we told them where we were from (Idaho) and where we were headed (Massachusetts). Apparently it seems crazy to some people to drive across the country . . . . or maybe it just seems crazy to Canadians? ;)
The falls were beautiful, with mists rising hundreds of feet above our heads, clean turquoise water cascading down into plumes of white cotton candy. They have boat tours that go to the bottom of the falls (you wear blue ponchos), and hikes behind and below the falls (you wear yellow ponchos), gondola rides above the falls, the Skylon Tower with the highest view of the falls, Marineland - an amusement and sea life park, and a whole downtown area full of disneyland-esque marquees and pedestrians. A very tight-knit operation!
Nick vows that if we were invincible he would totally jump in the water and ride over the falls. I mentioned that even if we were invincible and weren't killed by the fall, wouldn't we still feel pain? Which is worse? We don't know.
By evening time we had made it to Rochester, where we broke into Bray's apartment while he was in rehearsal for Showboat with Mercury Opera of Rochester (he's playing a lead - "Gaylord"). His apartment is a big place with plenty of room for Chamomile to run around and play (and for Nick to play Nintendo DS). Unfortunately, Deb and Dan, another couple staying with Bray for the weekend, are allergic to cats! They even at one time tried to have a "hypo-allergenic" Siberian cat (http://www.siberian-cat-breeder.com), but it didn't work out. So we had to relegate Chamomile to Bray's huge bedroom.
She didn't mind.
Meanwhile, we filled each other in on the past couple weeks, munched on goodies from a care package sent to Bray from his mom, and soaked in the air-conditioning. Sweet, sweet air-conditioning.
We have a million more photos of Niagara Falls, but we decided to post the video instead!
This is on the 10-second timer
This is on the 2-second timer!
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