We actually did not get to see all that Niagara had to offer that first day, so Saturday was devoted to that very task. We had one more thing to do on our adventure pass so we took the people mover down to the White Water Walk. You travel down an old elevator, and through a tunnel, to a platform and walkway right near the water. At the base of Niagara Falls is a deep pool almost as tall as the falls themselves, but not a mile down the river it gets really rocky and shallow. Therefore the river turns into a "class 6" section of rapids. That is the highest classification available and no one is allowed on this portion of the river. The water was moving sooo fast - just check out all of the "white water."
We had promised Kyler that we could take a ride on the huge Ferris wheel we could see from our hotel, so this day seemed the perfect opportunity. The Skywheel was ginormous! We took a few spins around and saw views of both of the falls. We also spied one of the bridges back into the United States and though it might be fun to return "home" for a little bit.
This bridge has two lanes each way for cars and also a pedestrian walkway. We always carried our passports, so off we went. We paid a toll to get across (50 cents each!) and made our way. We walked down to the edge of the American side of the Falls to get another view. It was fantastic! We only stayed about a half an hour, but it was nice to see the view from a different perspective. We even took our picture at the "border" between the two countries on the bridge. It didn't seem that far when we were walking there, but the way back was v-e-r-y long. It was a very warm day and the twins had just about had it with all of our fast paced, go-go-go vacationing. They refused to walk and by the time we had walked back both of them had fallen asleep on top of our shoulders. I was just about spent from it all, but it did bring a smile to the rather serious (and kinds scary) border agent who was checking our passports to get back into Canada.
For dinner that night we had made reservation to eat at the Skylon tower which offers a revolving room and excellent "fine" dining. The view of both portions of the falls and the surrounding areas were the best of the whole trip. Konner and Kassidy enjoyed a drink for just the two of them and we all had a fantastic dinner!
We had yet to take advantage of the pool the hotel had so after dinner we thought it a fun idea to go have a relaxing dip. Only thing was the pool was not heated - at all. I swear it felt like they had pumped the water straight over from the falls. We only lasted about 20 minutes before Konner was shivering and turning blue so needless to say it was our only trip there. We had a little rest and ten headed back out to take another look at the falls at night and enjoy our second dessert for the evening!
We had promised Kyler that we could take a ride on the huge Ferris wheel we could see from our hotel, so this day seemed the perfect opportunity. The Skywheel was ginormous! We took a few spins around and saw views of both of the falls. We also spied one of the bridges back into the United States and though it might be fun to return "home" for a little bit.
This bridge has two lanes each way for cars and also a pedestrian walkway. We always carried our passports, so off we went. We paid a toll to get across (50 cents each!) and made our way. We walked down to the edge of the American side of the Falls to get another view. It was fantastic! We only stayed about a half an hour, but it was nice to see the view from a different perspective. We even took our picture at the "border" between the two countries on the bridge. It didn't seem that far when we were walking there, but the way back was v-e-r-y long. It was a very warm day and the twins had just about had it with all of our fast paced, go-go-go vacationing. They refused to walk and by the time we had walked back both of them had fallen asleep on top of our shoulders. I was just about spent from it all, but it did bring a smile to the rather serious (and kinds scary) border agent who was checking our passports to get back into Canada. 
For dinner that night we had made reservation to eat at the Skylon tower which offers a revolving room and excellent "fine" dining. The view of both portions of the falls and the surrounding areas were the best of the whole trip. Konner and Kassidy enjoyed a drink for just the two of them and we all had a fantastic dinner!
We had yet to take advantage of the pool the hotel had so after dinner we thought it a fun idea to go have a relaxing dip. Only thing was the pool was not heated - at all. I swear it felt like they had pumped the water straight over from the falls. We only lasted about 20 minutes before Konner was shivering and turning blue so needless to say it was our only trip there. We had a little rest and ten headed back out to take another look at the falls at night and enjoy our second dessert for the evening!
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