Mechelle
on the road | to michigan
Days 5, 6 and 7 were spent mostly on the road between New York City and Allendale, Michigan via Canada with a bit of time in Niagara Falls. Not much happened, a bit of cabin fever here, an argument over whether the lights were on or off in a torrential storm there and lots of time to take photos of not much out of the window of the car.
Mechelle
Mechelle
day six | niagara falls
We arrived at Niagara Falls on the US side on Monday afternoon and decided to go down to the falls and have a look that day. From the US side, you sort of see things side on as they fall into the river that borders both the US and Canada. There was a distinct smell about the falls too and we wondered if they were actually salt water. Dan has told us they aren't and that he suspects its just the smell of churning up the water combined with the fact that there are fish in there.
They are quite spectacular even from this side on sort of view. Its amazing to think that that much water can constantly flow and not dry up. Well I assume it doesn't dry up. We thought about doing the boat cruise but realistically we figured you wouldn't be able to get any photos down there anyway unless you had a waterproof camera. Which we don't.
While we were there we found some photos of a woman who had ridden over the falls in a barrel. I thought that was just some sort of evil dare that was given to me but it seems it actually happened.
There are another set of falls here called the Horseshoe Falls. You really couldn't get too close to these without getting completely wet. And the railing they have around the viewing area is an easy step over if you were so inclined to attempt death by Niagara Falls. I found it quite interesting actually that there isn't a higher railing to stop people from jumping.
The next day after we passed through Customs to get into Canada we decided to stop and have a look at the Falls from this side. It is definitely a better view from this side as you are seeing the Falls straight on. You also don't get as wet on this side so that's a bonus. The Canadian side isn't as touristy as the US side either but the Customs lady was cranky. The Customs guy in LA was much nicer. In fact, I felt a little bit intimidated by Canadian Customs!
Mechelle
They are quite spectacular even from this side on sort of view. Its amazing to think that that much water can constantly flow and not dry up. Well I assume it doesn't dry up. We thought about doing the boat cruise but realistically we figured you wouldn't be able to get any photos down there anyway unless you had a waterproof camera. Which we don't.
While we were there we found some photos of a woman who had ridden over the falls in a barrel. I thought that was just some sort of evil dare that was given to me but it seems it actually happened.
There are another set of falls here called the Horseshoe Falls. You really couldn't get too close to these without getting completely wet. And the railing they have around the viewing area is an easy step over if you were so inclined to attempt death by Niagara Falls. I found it quite interesting actually that there isn't a higher railing to stop people from jumping.
The next day after we passed through Customs to get into Canada we decided to stop and have a look at the Falls from this side. It is definitely a better view from this side as you are seeing the Falls straight on. You also don't get as wet on this side so that's a bonus. The Canadian side isn't as touristy as the US side either but the Customs lady was cranky. The Customs guy in LA was much nicer. In fact, I felt a little bit intimidated by Canadian Customs!
Mechelle
day four | new york city
Our final day in NYC. There really is so much you could do in this city that we didn't even come close to getting it all done. We packed a bit into our last day though.
In the morning we headed up to Central Park on the Subway which in hindsight was a great idea because that park is huge. We probably should have taken a map. We got lost, we probably walked further than we needed to and when we got back to the hotel and looked at where we'd been, we realised we missed half of the park. Having said that, I doubt either of us would have been very keen to keep going. We walked 3.5km before we called it quits and caught the Subway back. Glen was surprised by how many people were there jogging/walking/riding but I've watched so many romantic comedies that I expected it. J
In the afternoon we walked the Brooklyn Bridge. Well we went a little over half way and walked back. The bridge was full of people, mostly tourists I suspect though there were plenty of people exercising as well. What struck us as very different to home is that every hundred metres or so there were people selling water, art, t-shirts, souvenirs. It was very touristy and commercial. It was a nice walk though if not a little crowded.
Next stop was the Flatiron building. It was a lot newer looking than I expected it to be, not sure why.
We had a late lunch at Roxy before we headed back to the hotel to relax.
At around 7.30, we headed to the Empire State Building. We thought we might get some nice photos of the city lights and we had read that after 9pm, the line wasn't too bad. We probably waited for about an hour before we got to the Observation Deck. And by wait, I mean walked up, down and around snake lines until we finally made it to the 86th floor. And then the people were lined up 3 deep against the fence to get a view so once you were at the front you took as many photos as you wanted. Glen took 78 photos!
We had a special treat while we were there with some tourist going off her nut swearing at her kids and partner, telling them she was going back to her f*&^ing room, she didn't care if she got f*&^ing lost, she'd had enough of the whole f&^%ing lot of them! Very feral, very trashy and sadly, she was very Australian. We spoke with our best French accent for the rest of our time there! We left there at about 11pm and headed back to the Cosmic Diner for dinner. We had walked almost 10km so it was nice to finally get to bed.
Very sad to say goodbye to NYC. Jode, you and me are going back! Soon!
Still no Denny's but oh so close!
Mechelle
In the morning we headed up to Central Park on the Subway which in hindsight was a great idea because that park is huge. We probably should have taken a map. We got lost, we probably walked further than we needed to and when we got back to the hotel and looked at where we'd been, we realised we missed half of the park. Having said that, I doubt either of us would have been very keen to keep going. We walked 3.5km before we called it quits and caught the Subway back. Glen was surprised by how many people were there jogging/walking/riding but I've watched so many romantic comedies that I expected it. J
In the afternoon we walked the Brooklyn Bridge. Well we went a little over half way and walked back. The bridge was full of people, mostly tourists I suspect though there were plenty of people exercising as well. What struck us as very different to home is that every hundred metres or so there were people selling water, art, t-shirts, souvenirs. It was very touristy and commercial. It was a nice walk though if not a little crowded.
Next stop was the Flatiron building. It was a lot newer looking than I expected it to be, not sure why.
We had a late lunch at Roxy before we headed back to the hotel to relax.
At around 7.30, we headed to the Empire State Building. We thought we might get some nice photos of the city lights and we had read that after 9pm, the line wasn't too bad. We probably waited for about an hour before we got to the Observation Deck. And by wait, I mean walked up, down and around snake lines until we finally made it to the 86th floor. And then the people were lined up 3 deep against the fence to get a view so once you were at the front you took as many photos as you wanted. Glen took 78 photos!
We had a special treat while we were there with some tourist going off her nut swearing at her kids and partner, telling them she was going back to her f*&^ing room, she didn't care if she got f*&^ing lost, she'd had enough of the whole f&^%ing lot of them! Very feral, very trashy and sadly, she was very Australian. We spoke with our best French accent for the rest of our time there! We left there at about 11pm and headed back to the Cosmic Diner for dinner. We had walked almost 10km so it was nice to finally get to bed.
Very sad to say goodbye to NYC. Jode, you and me are going back! Soon!
Still no Denny's but oh so close!
Mechelle
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