Splash

Just arrived back into the city from here. And yes, the view pretty much really did look like that.
Turned out to be a great time to go--we would have had to gag ourselves with pitchforks if we had turned up in the summer time, when the area is overrun with tourists. As things were, the town of Niagara Falls was uncrowded, and the hotels were slashing prices to lure cheapies like us to come visit.
The drive was 7 1/2 hours each way--we split it up by staying a night in either direction near the half way point. The big kids are pretty great in the car these days, but Simon was not the easy-as-pie traveler he was a few months ago. Maybe it is because he has officially outgrown his bucket seat (but we crammed him in it anyhow), or that he is too alert to be facing backwards. He spent much of the time doing stomach crunches trying to sit more upright, or craning his head around to see someone in the front seats or out the windows. We ended up having me ride next to him for much of the drive to keep him from moaning.
It was a nice trip--fun to get away and see more of upstate NY. We drove through Syracuse and Buffalo and parts of Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It snowed on us a little, we got to swim and sit in a hot tub, we toured the falls, rode the skywheel, saw the IMAX and puttered around town.
Pictures soon. Haven't unpacked and have no idea where the camera is.