In the middle of the Polar Vortex, when temperatures were below 10 degrees for several days straight, we got a little stir-crazy being confined in the house! A deep-freeze is not the time to plan a campout get-away, but we began seeing tantalizing tidbits that Niagara Falls was freezing to create a spectacular winter wonderland. We made that trip four years ago and were in total awe of the ice-spectacle. We decided to give it another go and invited Caleb and Halie to go along with us. The plan was simple: a 7-hour/400 mile dash to the Falls on February 2, leaving Saturday morning at 6:30 a.m. Caleb and Halie came to our house on Friday after work for the early take-off on Saturday morning. The roads were clear and there was some very light fog – eventually a blue-grey sky, and temperatures above freezing! We arrived and checked into our Wyndham Hotel on the American side and quickly settled into our rooms. By 3:00 we were back in the truck and on our way through customs to stroll the beautiful promenade on the Canadian side. It took awhile in the parking lot to get layered up for the 33 degree cold and dampish stroll on the walkway. Our parking lot was at the extreme end of the promenade -- at the horseshoe end of the falls. The temperatures here at the falls had been below 10 degrees for the past 5 days, and the heat-wave of above freezing temperatures brought out a lot of people to view the falls. We finally reached the stretch across from the American Falls – the stopping point. We crossed the street and headed back, passing through several of the gift shops! During our stroll we had seen a giant Ferris wheel up on the hillside among the main drag of restaurants and tourist traps, so we headed up to check it out. As it got dark, we climbed on that Ferris wheel . . .just as the lights came on the falls. Three of us found the height of the Ferris wheel a bit intimidating – but Halie took it (her first-ever Ferris wheel ride) in stride. Here is a video of our Ferris wheel ride. After the Ferris wheel ride we warmed up in a Sports Bar while eating supper, and then made our way back to the truck and the hotel room. Basically, the trip was over -- all except for the trip home in the morning!
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October 2021
We don’t go camping any more . . . we go ‘streamin’ ! The “SIlvermine and His” is our 2018 25' Airstream Serenity with Salsa interior and front twin beds., and ‘streamin’ is the name we use to describe our adventures. Stream along as we document everything from weekend trips to longer summer excursions and full-blown vacations. You know what they say: if you’re not in an Airstream – you’re just camping!
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