My husband and I just got back from a fabulous trip to Niagara Falls. We spent most of it on the Canada side but walked across the Rainbow Bridge to the US side too. Our Sheraton on the Falls in Canada hotel room looked out over the falls and we could open our window to see and hear them. Amazing! It was my first trip there and I can't believe I waited this long!

We walked around the area every day. We would ask how to get somewhere and we were always directed to the WEGO bus like we were crazy to walk more than 5 minutes. The parks are beautiful and we were surprised at the difference of the falls park on the US side which were not nearly as well kept. (I wonder if it's a money issue. The Canada side taxes everything purchased in the tourist area for the upkeep is what I was told.)

We went on the boat tour by way of the VIP bus tour booked through the hotel concierge. It included the behind the falls tour which goes down in the rocks and literally behind the falls. It also included discount tickets to see the IMAX Niagara Falls movie which we saw but I don’t think it was worth the time.

We walked up Clifton Hill which has a lot of tourist attractions. I’m afraid of heights but I decided to be brave and go on the SkyWheel which is a 175 foot Ferris wheel with enclosed cars. I got very scared and when we got to the top and the recording said we would go around 3 times I pushed the emergency button and had them let us off as soon as we reached the bottom!

We did not do the helicopter tour. I’ve done the helicopter tour in the Grand Canyon and I wasn’t scared but we already had so many great views that we didn’t think we needed to do that too. We also drove to Niagara on the Lake which was a very pretty little town down river from the falls. Overall a fantastic trip!