It was Monday, the 13th, but seemed like Friday, the 13th. We arrived at the Niagara Falls KOA a little after 2:30 pm, planning to do some sight seeing. Wrong! One of our levels, with a thick wooden pad under it, sank through the gravel until it was fully extended. Not good. Thankfully, it wasn't cold and raining like the last time this happened, but it still wasn't fun. Ted laid on his back and dug it out, only to have the pad snap off and to discover that the level wouldn't retract. This is why RVing isn't for everyone. Thankfully, we have insurance that covers a service call. Within an hour we had help. It took the right pry bar and we were back in business. The insurance covered it all. Big relief, especially when we discovered that there was no sewer hook up. Oh, yeah, it is Monday, the 13th. How can a campground put us in a site without full hookups when that is what we requested on-line?! Won't stay here again. Email to KOA is in the works. Another lesson learned - ask about hook-ups when registering! People next to us ended up leaving for the same reason. We decided we were tough. We would stay and take sponge bath, if needed. Well, Ted has threatened to dump gray water in the woods behind us, if needed. Gray water, for those of you non-Rvers, is water used for bathing, dishwashing, etc.
The American side of the falls is low profile, but not the Canadian. Erin, The Marriott is the low building just to the left of the cup-on-a-stick.. That is Horseshoe Falls to the left.
The Maid of the Mist is the boat on the left. It is docked on the Canadian side of The Falls.
We were able to walk onto the Observation Deck without paying. Maybe because it was almost 9 pm. This is the view from the deck looking north from The Falls. The bridge connects the USA and Canada.
The river above The Falls looked swollen.
The nightly light show was interesting. There was no wind and the temperature was moderate. We couldn't figure out why the mist was so high. It interferred with the light hitting The Falls. Well, one more item to check of The Bucket List!
It was Monday, the 13th, but seemed like Friday, the 13th. We arrived at the Niagara Falls KOA a little after 2:30 pm, planning to do some sight seeing. Wrong! One of our levels, with a thick wooden pad under it, sank through the gravel until it was fully extended. Not good. Thankfully, it wasn't cold and raining like the last time this happened, but it still wasn't fun. Ted laid on his back and dug it out, only to have the pad snap off and to discover that the level wouldn't retract. This is why RVing isn't for everyone. Thankfully, we have insurance that covers a service call. Within an hour we had help. It took the right pry bar and we were back in business. The insurance covered it all. Big relief, especially when we discovered that there was no sewer hook up. Oh, yeah, it is Monday, the 13th. How can a campground put us in a site without full hookups when that is what we requested on-line?! Won't stay here again. Email to KOA is in the works. Another lesson learned - ask about hook-ups when registering! People next to us ended up leaving for the same reason. We decided we were tough. We would stay and take sponge bath, if needed. Well, Ted has threatened to dump gray water in the woods behind us, if needed. Gray water, for those of you non-Rvers, is water used for bathing, dishwashing, etc. 
The American side of the falls is low profile, but not the Canadian. Erin, The Marriott is the low building just to the left of the cup-on-a-stick.. That is Horseshoe Falls to the left.
The Maid of the Mist is the boat on the left. It is docked on the Canadian side of The Falls.
We were able to walk onto the Observation Deck without paying. Maybe because it was almost 9 pm. This is the view from the deck looking north from The Falls. The bridge connects the USA and Canada.
The river above The Falls looked swollen.
The nightly light show was interesting. There was no wind and the temperature was moderate. We couldn't figure out why the mist was so high. It interferred with the light hitting The Falls. Well, one more item to check of The Bucket List!
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