Jet Boat Ride

This is a picture from the jet boat ride we took last month at Niagra Falls. Pictured are Peter's mom and dad, cousins Tyler and Shannon, me, Peter, Robin, Jamie and Lindsey.

Funny story. As we were waiting to get on the boat, there was a group of Asian tourists with us. There were three bleachers full of these dark haired yellowish skinned people, and sitting right in the middle of them was our fair skinned light haired little group looking very out of place. That would have been a great picture, but none of us had our camera since we were told we would get soaked. There were several people in the tourist group who pulled out these little ponchos, more like oversized plastic bags with hoods. The girl who gave us the orientation showed us her raincoat, a long, thick, heavy duty jub, and told us that even with that on she would get completely soaked. The Asian tourists either didn't speak English, or didn't believe her, as several of them donned their funny looking ponchos complete with their hats on top! It was great fun to watch as their boat was nearly submerged in the rushing rapid and they were all drenched accordingly. Not a trip to take if you don't want to get wet. It was so hot, and the boat went so fast on the way back, we were nearly dry by the time we docked. It was great fun!

F is for ...

My life is filled with so many fantastic F words. Like these for instance:

Family

Feasts

Footsies

Fire Pit

Firstborns

Flowers on my Hibiscus Shrubs

The Fonz

Freshmen

Fresh Fruit

Fun!

Fluid Filling Felines

Favorite rooms

Furry Friends

Funny Faces

Fabulous Sunsets

and Finally.....a home to call our own. :)

Life is Fantastic!

Niagra

Here are the Canadian side of the falls. The American side is much less impressive. The boat is called the Maid of the Mist. It takes you up close and personal and you are showered with mist. We didn't take that ride as we were going on a much more exciting one later (more on that in another post).

Lindsey getting "misted".

A view from close up. It was amazing to me there were no barriers in place to keep a person from jumping right over. I've been to the Eiffel Tower and the Empire State building where they make it impossible for a person to fall or jump off. Not so here. I thought it was very dangerous.

The little people in the yellow rain coats are going behind the falls. We didn't do that either, but I bet it's awesome. I've seen pictures and movies of Niagra Falls, but it's still really cool to see it in person. Check that one off my bucket list. :)