The first day of my Niagara Falls trip involved 500 miles, 3 states and 2 countries – starting in Newark NJ we drove through Pennsylvania and upstate New York to Niagara Falls. Approx 7 hours of driving time. We crossed over to Canada to see the Falls (the side where you can see all of the falls) and have dinner. After dinner, it had gotten dark so we took another look at the Falls lit up and then crossed back to the US side and to our hotel for the night.
At 9am the next morning we headed back to the Falls to explore the American side and take a ride on the boat that takes you into the middle of falls. The photo above is my tour group in our matching blue ponchos – not very attractive but surprisingly effective!