Niagara Falls

This has been such a wonderful week. It feels like we are both getting into the swing of this whole IM Program thing. I think the dogs are evening starting to feel at home too. Honestly, due to us only working around his schedule, I think this may be the most we have ever seen each other on a weekly basis, with the exception of vacations.

On Wednesday, we had dinner with the lead IM Jason and his family. It is nice to have some "friends" at our first destination. They have truly made us feel welcome and have answered many questions that we still had.

Saturday evening we hit the road and headed to Canada to see Niagara Falls. By the time we arrived it was already dark, so we viewed the illuminated falls and explored Clifton Hill. We rode the Sky Wheel which had a beautiful over view of the falls and the city. We then went to the "Upside Down House" one of the main tourist attractions.

 

 

 

 

 We stayed at Greystone Manor Bed & Breakfast. It was right off of the river and ran by a very sweet lady named Barbara. We were served a delicious breakfast in the morning that was three courses. We didn't even know that a three course breakfast existed. Barbara grew all of the fruits and vegetables that we were served in her garden. We started with fresh fruit and yogurt. This was followed by the most delicious French toast stuffed with cream cheese and homemade apricot preserves. The breakfast ended with two different kinds of quiche, sausage and peppers, and potato puffs.

 

 

 

 

 

After stuffing our bellies with breakfast, we headed to the Journey Behind the Falls. It was amazing to get to so close to the Horseshoe Falls and view them from behind.

 

 

 

 

After our excursions on the Canadian sided, we loaded up and headed to the American side of the falls. We rode the Maid of the Mist boat ride where we got within feet of the crashing falls. This was our favorite part of the entire trip. We were dripping wet and ever thankful for the plastic ponchos that were provided to us.

 

 

 

 

 

We had a wonderful week and weekend trip to Niagara Falls. We will find out this week if we will continue to stay here, in Youngstown, or if we will be reassigned next month.