Niagara Falls (Thursday and Friday) by Claudia

Yesterday, August 29th, and today, August 30th, we visited Niagara Falls. We left Sewickley Academy at 10 am and it was a four-hour drive. Halfway through the journey, we stopped at Wendy's for lunch. Finally, we reached Buffalo and visited the falls. We went on a ferry, which enabled us to get very close to the falls. We had to wear a raincoat, but we still got a little wet, because we were very close to the falls. We also got to see a documentary about the story of the falls. We learned about the Maid of the Mist (which is the name of the boat ride experience).  Maid of the Mist is a Native American myth and it's about a girl who lost her husband. She was so sad that she got in her canoe and  paddled into the river. She was caught  in the strong current and disappeared in the falls. In the evening, we went through the US border into Canada. We reached the hotel, unpacked our stuff and went out for dinner. We ate at Vinny's, and Italian-American restaurant and went for a walk. We got to see the falls from the Canadian side. The falls were lit because it was dark, it was amazing!
The following day, we visited the Cave of the Wind. Even though we were wearing a rain poncho, we got soaked!

After that, we took a quick visited to the Aquarium, had lunch, and jumped back into the car. We got back to Sewickley at 6pm.