Lining up to pick up our yellow rain gear for the Cave of the Winds at Niagara Falls on the U.S. side. (Aug. 2, 2018)

The Cave of the Winds was our first step on our Niagara Falls adventure. For this spectacular walk through, you get a yellow plastic poncho and sandals to protect you from the sprays of water coming from the roaring falls. From information plaques, these platforms and walkways are supposedly taken down each year, due to the potential damage from the winter buildup of ice, and then reconstructed in the spring. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Walking bridge over the Niagara river just ahead of the Niagara Falls. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Heading to the tent to pick up our blue rain gear for the Maid of the Mist boat ride to get up close and personal with the Niagara Falls on the U.S. side. In the distance is the Niagara Falls International Rainbow Bridge, commonly known as the Rainbow Bridge, an arch bridge across the Niagara River gorge. It connects the cities of Niagara Falls, New York, United States (to the east), and Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada (west). (Aug. 2, 2018)

Niagara Falls from the Maiden of the Mist boat ride. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Niagara Falls from the Maiden of the Mist boat ride. (Aug. 2, 2018)

The mighty Niagara Falls during the walk through the Cave of the Winds. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Niagara Falls in New York (Aug. 2, 2018)

Another view of the Gardener’s Cottage of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York. Although porches and entrances were built at the front of the house during the early 1900s, Wright’s design calls for the entrance and a small porch to the side of the house. Although we toured the interior of the Gardener’s Cottage, but photos were not allowed of the interior. (Aug. 2, 2018)

The pergola walkway connects the main house or the Martin house of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York, with the conservatory. (Aug. 2, 2018)

The grounds and view from the pergola of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York. (Aug. 2, 2018)

The Barton House was the first building constructed at the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York. (Aug. 2, 2018)

The main house or Martin house of the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York, was designed by Wright in 1903. The landscape around the front and sides of the main house and complex are being renovated. Wright’s innovative architectural design for the prairie style Darwin D. Martin house is considered to be one of his most important designs during the first half of his career. A 70 year career that included more than 1000 architectural designs with more than 500 structures being completed. Yet, he considered the Martin house as his “opus.” We toured the interior of the Martin house but photos were not allowed of the interior…and too bad because Wright’s design elements can be seen throughout the home. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Our tremendous docent and guide Jeri (in the middle with the blue shirt) explaining the design of the gardener’s house one of the homes on the Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York. (Aug. 2, 2018)

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York. (Aug. 2, 2018)