Allison's Wonderland

I got told I was a little crazy for this next trip. I will say that I do like to torture myself with 2:00 am drives, but I wouldn’t go as far to say that I am crazy. A little nuts, but not crazy. I haven’t seen my Niagara Falls relatives since my sister’s graduation, which only consisted of my Grandma Genie and my Aunt Beverly. The week before July 4th, I decided I wanted to go, but needed a posse in order to do that. So naturally my mind wandered to my travel buddy Shaun and my lil Sista Kelsey. Sista has a boyfriend named Lucas, who we call Bubba. He has never been to the falls along with Shaun, so Kelsey and I wanted to play tour guide. Come to find out, Bubba couldn’t go because he wasn’t 18 and his parents didn’t feel comfortable sending him with just crazy ole me and no parents. It kind of made me feel like a terrible person. Anyways, that’s beside the point.
In his absence we asked Kali, who is always an excellent choice, and headed out after work to Niagara Falls, NY. It took us about 9 hours and we ended up getting there at 2:00 in the morning. Yuck!

The next day Shaun and I hit the Falls. The girls stayed at G-ma’s because neither of them had passports to go into Canada. I’ve been to Niagara Falls pretty much at least once a year since I can remember and I have NEVER in my life seen it this mobbed. People everywhere! I made a parking attendant pretty mad because I went his parking lot over the curb instead of in the actual entrance. He started yelling and waving his arms. Umm…can we say FUNNY?!? Shaun and I bought our $13.50 tickets to ride the Maid of the Mist and got stuck next to this crew of foreigners who were SO obnoxious and took pics every two seconds. Shaun and I normally do the picture taking thing, but we weren’t really feeling it today. Fortunately for us we got up in the very top of the boat right smack dab in the front. The falls always amaze me. I could go there a million times and still be in complete awe. For some reason the Maid of the Mist really kinda scares me so once we started getting close to Horseshoe Falls I started to have a little bit of a panick attack, but I made myself calm down. Shaun really liked it. After we got done with the Maid of the Mist we headed over to Canada on foot by taking the Rainbow Bridge. We both were a little disappointed because we ddn't get our passports stamped. We got our Niagara Falls pins and then we rode the Skywheel on Clifton Hill which was cool but I kind of got sick. Went back to Gma's and had pizza and wings with the fam. New York has the best wings ever. Like for REAL! We got ice cream too at Dee Dee's which has the most amazing ice cream with the biggest scoops! I got a small and couldn't finish. After ice cream we went and watched fireworks outside of th Casino which were so amazing! We were right by them too. It looked like they were going to fall right on our heads. The next day was even better and full of wonderful events! Kali, Kels, Me, Gert, & Shaun headed over to Goat Island to experience the Cave of the Winds.
This attraction is where you actually stand in Bridal Vail falls on the American side. I was excited to take Shaun because he's never been, and it's my favorite over Maid of the Mist. We get there and every Indian person who ever lived is in line to go. We waited in line for 2 hrs!! TEYIBLE! We were supposed to be meeting the rest of the family for lunch in Lewiston at 1:00 and it was 1:00 when we left Goat Island.

We finally made it and ate a wonderful lunch at the Silo! So good. The guy from Man vs. Food did an episode at the little Silo now turned restaurant. Their sweet potatoe fries were out of this world. So good! We shoved the food down our faces and ran over to where we were supposed to pick up the JetBoat. We were all so excited for this because Kels and I go to ride it once before and it was awesome!This huge Jet Boat takes you down the Niagara River Gorge with Class 5 & 6 Rapids. We also get to go in Devil's Hole which is a whirlpool formed because of the Falls. Shaun and I were screaming our lungs out and made the people in front of us so annoyed. SOYEE!! It made the experience so much more fun doing it that way. Kels, Greta and I got hit by this hupe rapid wave after going through them 3 different times. I wanted to just stay out on the water because it was SOO FUN! But unfortunatey all good things must come to an end. After we got off the boat and were completely soaked we went to Hibbard's for some custard. This place is off the chains awsesome. I got Cookies & Cream Custard and I was in heaven!!! Afterwards we met the family at Fort Niagara for a sunset. BEAUTIFUL! Sometimes you can see Toronto in the distance. Today it was perfectly clear and absolutely beautiful. We couldn’t have asked for a more perfect day. Watched the sunset and then everybody went to go get Hibbard’s again. Kels and I headed out to Lockport to go visit Grandmother Brooks. We had a nice little visit for a couple of hours and then we went back to Gma G’s. The next day, July 4rth we spent the day with the family at Aunt Becky’s and Bob’s house. Had a blast. We played Ladder Ball and I killed Shaun. Legitimately killed him. It made me happy!
We also celebrated the July birthday’s and I was laughing so hard because they sang to Shaun and put him in all the pictures. My family won’t remember who he is! I was rolling on the floor laughing. We left at around 5:00 and set out for home. Meaning we got home at like 4:00 in the morning. I was so tired and I practically drove the entire way. I also had to get up for work in the morning which was torture! We sang and made videos in the car like idiots. Got stuck in Williamsport, PA where they shut down the town bridge for the fireworks display. Kind of funny. All in all it was a great trip and was a wonderful way to spend the Independence Day holiday! Hope to be up in NY again soon!