Because Sometimes I Like to Play with My Food

Going to a BBQ today and I'm supposed to bring the dessert.  I thought about making one of my stand-by's, but my friend Sharon showed me a picture that inspired me to play with food!  Maybe it's silly, but I think it's cute!  Hope everyone enjoys tonight.  😋😋

Life's Achievement List: ✔✔✔

I really love this pic of Bill and Sue!

All these years Bill and I have traveled back and forth to either Ohio or West Virginia I have wanted to stop at Niagara Falls but it seemed like time was always in the way.  I've heard of them, I've even seen photos of them, I've probably romanticized about them - being they used to be the honeymoon capital and all, but I'd never seen them in person before, until.....

Last month we were back in Ohio for us to attend and Bill to officiate his cousins daughters wedding.  This time we took the time to go up to New York and see the falls from both the American and Canadian sides.  With Bill's sister Suzy along for the ride (Charlie and Flo weren't able to join us), I was finally getting the chance to see what all the fuss is about.  The fuss is real.  August being a dry part of the year, only 4.2 million cubic feet of water comes over the falls per second.  Let me repeat that so it can really sink in....4.2 million cubic feet of water per second flows over the falls during the heat of August.  That's a lot of water!!!!  Cascading, awe-inspiring water flowing.

I was surprised and amazed at how clear the water was.  It was crystal blue like glacial water.  All of the rivers I've seen back East are murky so I expected the same of the Niagara River - I was pleasantly surprised!  We didn't have time to take the Maiden Mist (American boat) or the Horn Blower (Canadian boat) up under the falls (next time) but after viewing the falls from the American observatory, Bill and I took the elevator down where I could hike over close to the falls and almost feel the horse power of all that water flowing over the edge.  I've seen water falls...but I ain't never seen anything like that! 

An enjoyable time.  I walked through the State park crossing the river several times, watched the water from the observatory, then we went to the Canadian side so I could set my camera up for the light show.  Both the Americans and the Canadians project lights onto the Falls; American side is red, white and blue while the Canadian side is all the colors of the rainbow.  I'm sure it has something to do with you driving across the "Rainbow Bridge" to get to Canada.