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As we spent the night in Cleveland, OH we had around 300 miles to cover yet. So after having breakfast from a McDonalds we started driving towards Niagara. It was bit rainy that day but the sky started to get brighten when we reach Niagara .

 First we found parking in Goat island. Then headed to a ticket counter thinking to visit Cave of the Winds. We got an option to buy one ticket for 5 items for a discount price. However it is good to buy this ticket only if you plan to visit all the 5 places. Otherwise it is a waste I guess.

After buying the tickets we visited Cave of the Winds. It is a wooden stair way which runs under the American Fall of Niagara.  We got yellow colored rain coats to wear. It was an amazing feeling to go under the water fall and be covered with the mist and droplets.

Whole American falls is not visible here. The stripe like fall here, is the Bridal veil falls. Cave of the Winds was a nice experience and I think anyone who is visiting Niagara should not miss this.

Then we had lunch form the Niagara fall's restaurant near Horseshoe falls and hurried to take the Maid of the Mist tour.
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We visited Niagara falls in early September, 2011. There are about 600 miles to Niagara, NY from Bloomington, IN. So we decided to spend a night on the way.

We left Bloomington around 10 a.m. This was our route via Ohio and Pennsylvania.


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We had planned to stay the night in Cleveland, OH. So there was no hurry. We stopped by the Beaver lake to have our home made lunch. The lake was nice and full of ducks and other birds. There was a beautiful bike route around the lake. However we couldn't see around the lake because only bikes and walkers could enter that route.  Hear are some pictures of the lake.

After having lunch, we headed to Cleveland to spend the night at Crown Plaza hotel.