My aunt Margaret and cousin Reid showed us all around the next day. They even took us to see one of those Sears and Roebuck houses that you used to buy from the catalog. It was cool.
We went back to that same park where we watched the fireworks to see these toboggan slides. They are huge slides that they use in the winter. They use tubes or sleds and slide all the way down. It looked so fun. I wish we could have see it in the winter.
Most of my mom's extended family lives in or around Buffalo so we went and spent an afternoon visiting with my great uncle Gordan, great aunt Kathy, and their family. It was fun to see them and to hear uncle Gordan talk about the old days and the things that my grandpa Romine and him used to do. They were very hospitable and even got us some buffalo wings so that we could say we came to Buffalo and got to have Buffalo wings. They were delicious! Thanks Sheffers!!
We also went to the stadium where the Buffalo Bills play. The stadium is right down the street from Gordan and Kathy and right near their farmland. Unfortunately it was the day after the 4th so only the team store was open. We couldn't go in the field house or anything like that. When I was growing up my dad was a HUGE fan of the Buffalo Bills. My Aunt Margaret worked for the city so when the players came to the city office to get the licenses or other legal things she would ask them for their autographs. She would then send them to my dad. He now has them hanging in their basement along with a piece of the old field turf. It is pretty awesome.
We had a really good time visiting them and after we left there we headed to Niagara Falls and Canada. Dean had never been there before so it was fun to go and see them again. I had been there a couple times when I was little. The only thing I really remember is that I hated being near the edge.
I was SO AFRAID of falling over the edge. I was still afraid this time. Apparently some people don't think its scary at all the way they leaned over, sat on the edge, or held their babies over the edge. It almost made me sick. They have a few really cool things you can do at the falls. One is Maid of the Mist where you can ride a boat right up to the falls. We didn't do that. There was another thing too but we don't remember what it was. And then you can go under the falls in these caves they have there. That is what we did. We got a cool poncho and went on our way all the the down. When you get in the caves you are right behind the falls. The water pressure is amazing. So many gallons of water just flowing over the falls. The roar was sooo loud. It was cool to be so close. I think my favorite part of being at the falls was getting to go behind them AND all the rainbows. There were so many rainbows. When the sun hit just right you could even see two or three. We had a great time there and made some super great memories!!
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