Day 159: June 25, 2023

One of the planned side trips for the Loop was Niagra Falls. Winter Habor was a great location to rent cars and make the trip happen, especially since we planned to be at the marina multiple days while Coda’s bow thruster blade was repaired and get bottom painted while hauled out. We loaded up with the Hodaks and me in one car and Tonia driving Steve, Barbara, Gary, and Carol.

We arrived and beelined it for the first falls we could see and were in awe. The group decided it was worth splurging for the Cave of the Winds and Maid of the Mist excursions to get up close, and very wet, looks at the falls. Thankfully it was a very warm day, so we all dried out pretty quickly. We had an interlude with lunch and ended with, would you guess, ice cream!

Most of what follows will be photos as we had many! The falls were so fun it was hard to limit our excitement to just a few!

Horseshoe Falls

Cave of the Winds & Bridal Veil Falls

Cave of the Winds view from below.

Seagull Nesting & Babies!

An exciting find on the Cave of the Winds path was the many hundreds of seagulls nesting. There were lots fuzzy little ones of varying sizes.

American Falls

Maid of the Mist

A view of Horseshoe Falls from the Maid of the Mist

Luna Island view of American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls from above

Video from Luna Island showing Bridal Veil Falls with Cave of the Winds tourists (in yellow) below, the Maid of the Mist (Americans in blue), American Falls with a misty rainbow, and finally the Prospect Point Park Observation Deck (where Maid of the Mist leaves from below), Rainbow Bridge to Canada, and the Skylon Tower on the Canada side.

Misty Rainbows

We had a great time visiting Niagara Falls! A side trip well worth the drive!