When we decided to visit Niagara Falls, everyone told us to book accommodations at Niagara-on-the-Lake. The town of 17,000 lies on the shores of Lake Ontario at the mouth of the Niagara River.
Although only a 30-minute drive north of Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake feels worlds away. You won’t find tacky souvenir shops or hoards of tourists blocking the sidewalks.
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Niagara Falls, often known as the “8th Wonder of the World,” tops many people’s bucket lists. Consisting of three separate waterfalls (Horseshoe, American, and Bridal Veil), Niagara Falls stretches across the US and Canadian border.
Although I had seen the falls as a child, I wanted to return as an adult. Although not the tallest set of waterfalls in North America (that designation belongs to Yosemite Falls), Niagara Falls is the largest by volume, pushing almost 6 million cubic feet of water over the top every minute.
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As I mentioned earlier, Dear Hubby (DH) and I have spent considerable time in Washington, DC. I interned for a U.S. Congressman for two summers, completed the LSU-S American Studies Washington Semester Program, and attended Close-Up during high school. DH lived here for three years before moving to Atlanta.
Visitors can spend days and weeks in Washington, DC and still not see everything the city offers. A few spots that I would say are “new and improved” since my days as an intern are Ford’s Theatre and the Old Post Office Tower. Both are just a few short blocks from each other so you can hit both on the same trip.
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In the previous post, we visited the US Holocaust Memorial Museum where we saw how the Jewish people in Germany and most of Europe were stripped of their rights. The next day, Thing 1 wanted to tour the Belmont-Paul National Women’s Equality Monument. I’d never heard of this small museum, but it tackles the subject of human rights. In this case, it is the struggle for women to gain equal rights in the US.
The house is named after Alva Belmont and Alice Paul. Alva Belmont, the former Mrs. Willie K. Vanderbuilt, hosted many women’s suffrage meetings at Marble House, her cottage I toured in Newport, Rhode Island. However, I wasn’t familiar with Alice Paul. The museum details Alice Paul and the work of the National Women’s Party, which used the house as its headquarters for over 80 years.
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