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  • Hornblower Cruise

    We decided to go on the Hornblower cruise to get closer to the front of the falls.

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    First we had to climb way down to the river.

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    Then Matt donned the bright red tourist regalia. Kerri again refused.

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    Then we headed down the river toward the falls.

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    Before we even got to the observation tower there was enough mist in the air to make rainbows.

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    So maybe the inflatable tourist regalia was a good idea.

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    First the boat goes by the bridal veil falls.

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    The dissolved limestone and clay and air make gross foam in the water.

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    There is also a lot of mist.

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    Underneath all the mist it just looks like a river.

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    There is a walkway on the American side where it looks like the tourist regalia would be a good idea.

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    If only to protect you from all the bird poop.

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    Then the boat went right up to the bottom of the main falls.

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    It was wet.

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    But Kerri still refused.

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    Then we went back past the falls.

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    Kerri was a little bit wet.

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  • Tomistoma feeding

    This is a tomistoma.

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    He is a kind of big crocodile.

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    He lives with lots of turtles.

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    But don’t worry, he prefers to hunt cubes.

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    He doesn’t even go after the turtles when they try to steal his cubes!

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    He picks up the cubes from the bottom.

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    Then brings them all the way to the top to eat them.

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    Then he goes down to pick up more cubes.

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  • Behind Niagara Falls

    We went behind Niagara Falls.

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    Matt went full tourist and wore the yellow plastic. Kerri did not.

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    The water is at the end of that tunnel. And that is as close as we could get.

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    Matt probably got more wet from sweat than Kerri did from the waterfall.

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    The view from the platform that’s not behind the falls was much better.

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