Niagara Falls in New York

It has been years since we have visited Niagara Falls, and I did not even recognize it.  There is a great park there with visitors center.  Twelve to fourteen million people visit the falls annually, and we had our share of them on our visit.  A lot of traffic in the area and parking is at a premium.  We paid $3 per hour for 2 hours, the maximum time you can stay on the street here.  Parking lots were $20 for all day parking.  Buddy accompanied us as we hiked across a bridge above the Niagara River.
Niagara Falls actually consists of three waterfalls; American Falls at 184 feet high, Bridal Veil Falls at 181 feet high, and Horseshoe Falls at 176 feet high.  While Horseshoe falls is the shortest of the falls, it is twice the width of the other two combined and produces 679000 gallons per second during peak season, almost 10 times the water flow of the other two combined.  Since we did not bring our passports with us, we did not go into Canada where the Horseshoe falls is located.  It is quite the spectacle and there are tour boats which take you up close to the falls and they provide rain gear to keep you dry.  New York produces 2.4 million kilowatts of electricity annually and is one of the largest hydroelectric plants in the world.