This post has nothing to do with snowboarding, except that snowboarding made it possible for the fun we had this afternoon. We're in NY for a bx competition at Holiday Valley. It's about 30 minutes south of Buffalo. The competition finished early this afternoon, we had a lot of time that we didn't want to spend sitting in our hotel room. I mentioned that I had seen Niagara Falls on the map and she said that some others were talking about going there tomorrow after the competition. Spur of the moment, we decided to go this afternoon. We had more time today than we think we're going to have tomorrow so off we went.
It was SO cool to be able to see Niagara Falls in the winter. We've been there in the spring/summer and it's pretty, but it's so different in winter. There was lots of snow around, the river below the falls was frozen, the mist had frozen on the trees/walls near the falls, it was all so neat. The river above the falls was pretty much freely flowing but the ice was quite thick below the falls. There were a few open spots, but they weren't very big. We could see the Maid of the Mist boats across the river in Canada pulled up out of the water, waiting for spring to come and the ice to melt. We did a lot of waking today, took lots of pictures, and hopefully didn't wear Whitney out too much since she does have to compete again tomorrow.
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| the river iced over below the Falls |
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| American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls |
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| Whitney |
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