Shuffle off to Buffalo

My brother and sister-in-law invited me to join them for their leaf-peeping vacation, after I checked finances I decided to join them for the Niagara Falls part of their vacation.  I haven't been to the Falls in maybe 20 years and a lot sure has changed in that time, OK, maybe not the Falls themselves but I know there was no casino there before.
The leaves here had just started changing, and Buffalo was a few days behind but to someone who lives in SoCal it was gorgeous.


In Canada we took the Maid of the Mist, and went down into the Journey Behind the Falls.  It is hard to imagine that much water volume even for me who lives in this rainy region, to someone from desert dry southern California it must have been overwhelming.
We also went to the Butterfly Conservatory and Niagara on the Lake.

Just for giggles, since none of us is a gambler, we went to the Seneca Casino for dinner, ate in the 3 Sisters Cafe.  It was a very nice experience, much nicer than I expected, since I didn't really know what to expect.

The Casino allows smoking and I was concerned we would have to deal with smokers while eating too, but that wasn't the case.

We had time to view the Falls at night since the Falls were maybe 2 minutes walk from our hotel and a quick stop in Lockport to ride a canal boat on the Erie Canal.  I think we managed to put a lot of "tourist-y" stuff in two days.  Along with some shopping!!