August 15-21, 2019 — We started this third week of August out by completing our time in the Finger Lakes Region of New York. From there we traveled east to visit three waterfalls in a state park then on to the grand finale of waterfalls – Niagara Falls.
This was our second time being in Niagara Falls but the first since becoming full-time RVers. Our first visit was about ten years ago while on a four day weekend vacation. During that trip we visited both the US and Canada side of the falls and did a boat trip from the US side. We were on a tight schedule and didn’t have the luxury of spending a great deal of time taking in the sights like we do now.
This visit to the falls was a completely different experience. We stayed several nights in nearby St. Catharines, Ontario and were able to visit the falls and surrounding area twice, both times from the Canadian side. We chose to not repeat the boat ride so we had no lines to stand in or tickets to purchase. Instead, we spent several hours wandering around the falls at our leisure.
Being able to take our time and just enjoy the falls for what they are was so much more enjoyable than our previous visit. We did less this visit but got more pleasure out of it.
This less is more concept extends to much of our RV life and one that is likely difficult for outsiders to understand. We often get asked “don’t you miss _____?” and our answer is always the same – no.
Follow along below for a pictorial of our less is more RV life during this third week of August.
All nights this week were free stays with two nights at Harvest Hosts sites and five nights at two Boondockers Welcome locations.