Niagara Falls, Niagara Uplifts

June 7th, 2008 admin Posted in Travel |

Last weekend, Kavita and I visited our friends, Vishal and Nimisha in Rochester, New York state. We met Vishal’s father too, who is currently visiting them. The highlight of the trip was the trip to Niagara Falls, an hour and a half’s drive away from Rochester. Niagara Falls consist of three main falls - The American Falls, the Bridal Veil Falls and the gigantic, Horseshoe Falls -and these three can be seen in this order in this picture from Wikipedia’s article about Niagara. Comprehending the immensity of this behemoth is hard once you are in the waters below engulfed by The Horseshoe Falls on three sides, especially if it is raining hard at the same time, as it was for us. There was only one escape with the rain pelting from above, swelling waters below, and the unstoppable din from the freefalling 50-meter walls of milky whiteness closing in on three sides - turn around and head to safety. And, thankfully, that is what the boat we were on, eventually, did.

Here are some pictures from the trip.