We had our first ever visitors last week! We got a message from Matt's cousin, Kayty that they would be on the island and wanted to see us. I was more than a little excited. I didn't realize how much I have missed physically seeing our loved ones back home. Kayty and Clayton arrived Sunday after church with their littles. Because they were visiting a new place, we wanted to take them somewhere we love. Gold Stream Park was the chosen location.
We packed up a lunch and headed out. The plan was to return to Niagara Fall and then make more plans from that point. Off we went. I was very surprised at how much the water had gone down again. The waterfall was significantly smaller (although still very beautiful) and the stream died out shortly after the water reached the bottom of the waterfall. There was lots of climbing around, rock throwing and fun.
The boys running up ahead
They both had fun with this tap
We're very excited about the tunnel. :)
The men exploring and checking the depth of the pool
And all little boys love to throw rocks
They found some neat little spots
And everyone loves the maple leaves. :)
It was decided that we would continue on up to the old train trestle bridge up the valley. Um. Holy. What a hike! We definitely will not be doing this hike again on a Sunday. Not quite sabbath day walk material. I also think Clayton was a drill sergeant leader. Ha! :) But, I made it. I wanted to die, but I did it. THEN the guys headed out onto the bridge - the REALLY high bridge. I started walking out with Kayty and we made it to the first beam, which was far enough away from the solid ground that Kayty could have fallen through. Yikes. I didn't want to continue, but Kayty went and gave me the courage to do it. She was a lot faster than I was, so soon I was by myself. I almost turned back about a thousand times. Seriously, so scary! But I did it! There's something so invigorating about doing something you didn't think you could. I was very, very grateful to be back on solid ground. It was an incredible view and I might even do it again.
Gingerly walking to the other side of the bridge for another photo
I'm sad we didn't take a picture to show how far up we were but to give you an idea, it took Clayton's spit 12 seconds to hit the ground. Yikes!
The whole crew!
Running on the tracks. Hopefully this doesn't stick.
Here's a sort of view of how high we were but then like triple it.
And then we hiked down.
A nasty Banana slug next to Kayty's hand for a size reference
It's too bad I didn't get a video of Emmett with their sweet baby girl. They are only three weeks apart and when Emmett saw her for the first time, he was smiling and laughing and they were grabbing each other's hands. It was so cute! So, this will have to do:
We packed up a lunch and headed out. The plan was to return to Niagara Fall and then make more plans from that point. Off we went. I was very surprised at how much the water had gone down again. The waterfall was significantly smaller (although still very beautiful) and the stream died out shortly after the water reached the bottom of the waterfall. There was lots of climbing around, rock throwing and fun.
It was decided that we would continue on up to the old train trestle bridge up the valley. Um. Holy. What a hike! We definitely will not be doing this hike again on a Sunday. Not quite sabbath day walk material. I also think Clayton was a drill sergeant leader. Ha! :) But, I made it. I wanted to die, but I did it. THEN the guys headed out onto the bridge - the REALLY high bridge. I started walking out with Kayty and we made it to the first beam, which was far enough away from the solid ground that Kayty could have fallen through. Yikes. I didn't want to continue, but Kayty went and gave me the courage to do it. She was a lot faster than I was, so soon I was by myself. I almost turned back about a thousand times. Seriously, so scary! But I did it! There's something so invigorating about doing something you didn't think you could. I was very, very grateful to be back on solid ground. It was an incredible view and I might even do it again. 
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