New York Trip Day 4

It's the Fourth of July and we worked all morning til 2pm. The janitor locked the school for the holiday and we decided to head north to Niagara Falls. We drove across to the Canadian side as we'd been told there was more to do and see. They were right. We parked and walked the entire length of the falls oohing and ahhing and getting wet from spray which was a welcome cool down to the very warm humidity of upper New York State. The falls are actually made up of two falls because an island splits the Niagara River in two before it "falls".
THE LEFT side.

THE RIGHT SIDE or Horseshoe Falls.

There's a perpetual rainbow over the falls (as long as there's light to reflect :)

Storm cloud moving over Niagara Falls, NY,

The avenue along the falls has developed into a mini Vegas with all the usual tourist restaurants and attractions. Water parks and thrill rides for the kids. We ate at the Hard Rock Cafe and staked out our plot of grass for the fireworks. We were moved 3 times before we finally ended up standing. The police had waited until 30 minutes before the fireworks were to go off before they started cordoning off the "blast" area. The fireworks were the norm and exciting to watch exploding over the falls which were lit up red white and blue by spotlights. The noise from the explosions were amplified and thrilling as they boomed off the falls and back towards us.