{"id":22281,"date":"2019-12-16T18:25:05","date_gmt":"2019-12-16T23:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=22281"},"modified":"2021-10-17T18:13:59","modified_gmt":"2021-10-17T23:13:59","slug":"niagara-falls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/niagara-falls\/","title":{"rendered":"Niagara Falls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">U.S. &#8211; Canada Border (August 5, 2003)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/96225726@N08\/8841743295\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/5345\/8841743295_e30a11fd54_o.jpg\" alt=\"Niagara Falls\"\/><\/a><figcaption>View of Niagara Falls, NY from the Canadian Side<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you&#8217;re in the area of course you have to visit Niagara Falls. We parked on the New York side, and walked across the bridge into Canada (<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/maps\/bnCPYMaN71vTXCbz9\">map<\/a>). This was our son&#8217;s first international trip. We bought him a T-shirt and he made us put it on him as soon as we got out of the store, before we could even take him out of his stroller. The photo above shows the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagarafallsusa.com\/\">American Falls<\/a>. Unfortunately our photos of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niagarafallstourism.com\/\">Canadian Falls<\/a> didn&#8217;t turn out as well because of the mist in the air caused by the water crashing such a distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Next Stop: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/blog\/?p=23291\">Canandaigua Lake<\/a>; Canandaigua, New York<\/li><li>Previous Stop: <a href=\"\/blog\/?p=23281\">The Old Howder Homestead<\/a>; Cambria Township, New York<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Readers who have an interest in waterfalls might also want to check my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.howderfamily.com\/travel\/waterfalls.html\">Waterfalls Index<\/a> page.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. &#8211; Canada Border (August 5, 2003) If you&#8217;re in the area of course you have to visit Niagara Falls. We parked on the New York side, and walked across the bridge into Canada (map). This was our son&#8217;s first international trip. 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