Roadschool Trip to Niagara Falls

And I'm FREE....Free Fallin'!  This came on the radio today, and our youngest was in the backseat singing, quite boisterously, when it occurred to me that HE was singing, "and I'm TREE....Tree Pollen!"  With all his allergies...bless his heart.  💙

 

After one of those super-long travel days, we finally made it to New York!  Without passports for the kids, we were limited to the American side of Niagara Falls, but it's still an amazing view. 

If you're able to cross over, take a ride on the Maid of the Mist.  For a higher-than-average admission, you get a free poncho.  More than that, though, you get an exhilarating ride underneath the falls.  My mom took me as a child, and I remember it being a lot of fun...at least, for all of us kids!

As you stand beside the falls, imagine what it would have been like to be that first Native American, hundreds or thousands of years ago.  He'd taken his canoe upriver for a peaceful adventure, only to come across these rapids that turn into a series of increasingly-larger waterfalls!  What an experience!

 Niagara Falls resources

• Mirette & Bellini Cross Niagara Falls lapbook (Free)
• How Waterfalls Work sheet (Free)
• Niagara Falls (Wonders of America)
• Niagara Falls, Or Does It?
• The Wild Water Mystery of Niagara Falls
• IMAX Presents - Niagara: Miracles, Myths & Magic
• Hydroelectric Power for Kids (Free)
• Visit the Falls!