Heading Down East: First Stop, Niagara.
Niagara Falls. Haven for honeymooners, a check on the bucket list for mature travelers. While we may still be in love, we are past the honeymoon stage, and not quite to the more mature traveler category. We are in that category that is smiled and cringed at in equal measure—the traveling family of five. I already knew from past experience that Niagara is a dream town for the diehard tourist—Ripley’s Believe-it-or-not, Planet Hollywood, wax museums, casinos, towers, you name the cheesy destination, they’ve got it. The last time we came this way we had two toddlers, and it was a freezing cold, cloudy October day. We pulled up into the lot, parked immediately and walked to the falls, where we were almost the only ones visiting. So this was a bit different. It was sunny and super hot, and the rainbow in the mist was full and defined. Lovely. The force of the falls is breathtaking, and the mist like a rain shower was a joy in the hot weather. People crowded the fence along the