Yesterday was absolutely great. Got up early and booked it over to the Niagara river from Lockport (about 20-25 miles). My first stop was the little park overlooking the "whirlpool" just downriver of the falls. I got there a little before all the tour buses started arriving, so I spent some time there just taking it in. Next, biked upriver to the American side hiking trails and walked those trails down to the river. After I was done exploring the American side, I crossed the rainbow bridge without incident. Luckily, there was not much traffic at 11am on a Thursday. Dropped some stuff off with Les and Peggy (more on them later), then headed back downriver to do some Canadian side hiking (very fun, very good trails), then back up to finally see the falls. I did take a few pictures of the falls, but I spent a lot of time just looking at them and soaking it in (literally, at one point near the horseshoe falls). I'll put one in this post, but pictures come nowhere close to capturing the primal power and beauty of these waterfalls, it's something that had to be experienced and remembered. And it's not just the falls, the entire river and the surrounding parks are great. Back to biking, will post more later.