Day 7-8

Hello from Niagara Falls. This morning we left Detroit and drove here. We stopped at a chocolate factory along the way (no golden tickets or Willy Wonka). It wasn't very big (think Tillamook Cheese Factory in the earlier years) but we got a sample of chocolate and they had $1 scoops of ice cream so the kids (and Danny) were happy. We also put our feet into Lake Ontario.

We decided to stay on the Canadian side of Niagara Falls, which has the better view. It was a gorgeous day, so we decided to take the boat tour this evening rather than waiting for tomorrow. We started out with the Maid of the Mist boat tour which takes you to the bottom of the falls and into the horseshoe part so you are basically surrounded on three sides with falls. Although, the mist is so extensive it is hard to see it. They give everyone on the tour rain ponchos and you soon see why.

At night they shine lights onto the Falls and it was beautiful! We stayed for the 10:00 fireworks show over the falls.

Day 8-

It turned out it was a good thing we took the tour yesterday because it was POURING down rain this morning at Niagara. We were going to explore the falls from the American side a bit, but it was just too miserable. So, we set off for Cleavland. The two highlights of the day were the Kazoo factory (and factory is a bit of an overstatement) and putting out feet in Lake Erie. This completed the goal of putting our feet in all five of the Great Lakes. The Kazoo place was a cute little place that was fun to see. The kids got to build their own Kazoo.

We also made it to state number 48!