Well, we're back in the USA! Not that I'm all that excited about being home, but back to work tomorrow. Chris and I had an awesome time in Niagara Falls.
We got there about 4:30 Friday afternoon. We checked into our hotel, cleaned up, changed, and hit the town! First we walked down to the Falls, it's so beautiful there! Since we were right there by the casino we wanted to try our luck immediately. Not a whole lot of luck right off the bat, but hey, we had to warm up! So we left and walked to dinner. That was the nice part about where we stayed. We were very local and walked everywhere. It was nice to give my truck a break for a couple of days! Anyway, dinner was wonderful. A little pricey and a lot more fancier then we're used to, but well worth it (especially on our anniversary). After dinner we walked to the other casino, where it seemed we did better with our luck! We stayed there till about 11:30 pm and then headed back to the hotel. We got a good nights sleep for our busy day ahead.
Saturday we awoke by 8am and headed to breakfast. After breakfast we walked back down to the falls to go on the Maid of the Mist (a boat ride that takes you right up close and personal to the falls). Chris absolutely loved that. It's defiantly something you don't always get to do! I might add that you get soaking wet from the mist! After that we headed back into the casino. Really to just walk around and see how many people were there with it only being about 10:30am! Once we came back outside, we noticed that it had rained. Well, it wasn't too long into our walking around that it started to rain. First it was just sprinkling and then it down poured! :-( That's okay, we weren't going to let that ruin our weekend. We went to a little shop and bought ponchos (I know, we should have kept the one's from the Maid of the Mist, but it wasn't suppose to rain until today)! After hoping the rain would stop, we decided to head to some of the other indoor attractions. We did a tour of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum and the Stars Wax Museum. Both I might add were very cool! After those it was still a little gloomy and we were getting a little tired. So we headed back to the hotel to watch some TV and take naps. Needless to say Chris didn't nap, but I sure did! :-) After getting some rest we headed back out. We went over to TGI Friday's for dinner (which I might add is very expensive up there), did some more walking around and even stopped at another attraction. This time we went to the Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum. Inside here you find people such as Charles Manson, Bonnie and Clyde, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy. After that we headed back to the casino for some more gambling. We didn't do as well Saturday night as we did Friday. So before we lost everything, we said our good-byes! We headed back into the festivities and again....did some walking. After all this walking, I wanted some ice cream! Chris and I love to 'people watch', so we sat down and I ate my ice cream and we just watched people. Some very funny people there!! :-)
That was pretty much the end of our weekend. We didn't win a lot of money, pretty much broke even (which is okay with me), but we really enjoyed ourselves and are already talking about saving up to do something at the end of Winter. Here are some pictures from our weekend....enjoy! :-)
We got there about 4:30 Friday afternoon. We checked into our hotel, cleaned up, changed, and hit the town! First we walked down to the Falls, it's so beautiful there! Since we were right there by the casino we wanted to try our luck immediately. Not a whole lot of luck right off the bat, but hey, we had to warm up! So we left and walked to dinner. That was the nice part about where we stayed. We were very local and walked everywhere. It was nice to give my truck a break for a couple of days! Anyway, dinner was wonderful. A little pricey and a lot more fancier then we're used to, but well worth it (especially on our anniversary). After dinner we walked to the other casino, where it seemed we did better with our luck! We stayed there till about 11:30 pm and then headed back to the hotel. We got a good nights sleep for our busy day ahead.
Saturday we awoke by 8am and headed to breakfast. After breakfast we walked back down to the falls to go on the Maid of the Mist (a boat ride that takes you right up close and personal to the falls). Chris absolutely loved that. It's defiantly something you don't always get to do! I might add that you get soaking wet from the mist! After that we headed back into the casino. Really to just walk around and see how many people were there with it only being about 10:30am! Once we came back outside, we noticed that it had rained. Well, it wasn't too long into our walking around that it started to rain. First it was just sprinkling and then it down poured! :-( That's okay, we weren't going to let that ruin our weekend. We went to a little shop and bought ponchos (I know, we should have kept the one's from the Maid of the Mist, but it wasn't suppose to rain until today)! After hoping the rain would stop, we decided to head to some of the other indoor attractions. We did a tour of the Ripley's Believe It Or Not Museum and the Stars Wax Museum. Both I might add were very cool! After those it was still a little gloomy and we were getting a little tired. So we headed back to the hotel to watch some TV and take naps. Needless to say Chris didn't nap, but I sure did! :-) After getting some rest we headed back out. We went over to TGI Friday's for dinner (which I might add is very expensive up there), did some more walking around and even stopped at another attraction. This time we went to the Criminals Hall of Fame Wax Museum. Inside here you find people such as Charles Manson, Bonnie and Clyde, Jeffrey Dahmer, and Ted Bundy. After that we headed back to the casino for some more gambling. We didn't do as well Saturday night as we did Friday. So before we lost everything, we said our good-byes! We headed back into the festivities and again....did some walking. After all this walking, I wanted some ice cream! Chris and I love to 'people watch', so we sat down and I ate my ice cream and we just watched people. Some very funny people there!! :-)
That was pretty much the end of our weekend. We didn't win a lot of money, pretty much broke even (which is okay with me), but we really enjoyed ourselves and are already talking about saving up to do something at the end of Winter. Here are some pictures from our weekend....enjoy! :-)
The Maid of the Mist
Aboard the Maid of the Mist
Sitting next to the tallest man in the world! 8'11" I might add!
Chris as the fattest man alive!
I love Johnny!
Nothing like hanging out with Tom Hanks on a Bench!
The new book is great, thanks for asking Oprah!
Chris's head getting eaten by the Alien!
Experimenting with the Electric Chair
Outside the Criminal Hall of Fame
Hope you enjoyed looking at a few of our pictures from our getaway!
6 comments:
Wow! Looks like you had a great time! Kevin said he wants to plan a trip like this for our upcoming anniversary. I said we don't have the money, but it gives us something to save for! Glad you have such a great time. You both deserved it!
What an awesome way to spend your anniversary! Looks like you saw so many pretty things and enjoyed a lot of good times=) Here's to another happy year for the both of two=)
Sounds like you guys had a good time, I like the pic of you and Oprah!! :-)
Happy anniversary! So glad you had a wonderful time. You deserve it! Remember every moment. Memories can never be taken away and will be something to turn to when times get rough. I love to see you both smiling!!!
Aunt Sue
So glad you finally got to get away and had such a good time. Zoe missed you, but she had fun with Bayli (a little rough at times)! Great pics!
how fun! it looks like you really enjoyed yourselves!
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