Freefalling!

I'm outside the U.S.
Can you guess where I am?
I'll give you three hints:

1. Celine Dion.
2. A self proclaimed form of bacon that suspiciously looks and tastes just like ham.
3. "eh?"

If you said "Canada" you are correct and very smart. Now, can you guess where in Canada I am? I'll give you three hints:

1. Superman 2
2. Pam and Jim (The Office)
3. Nik Wallenda

If you said "Niagara Falls" you are correct and probably watch too much television.

When I was a little girl, I watched Superman 2 (before we judged a film by its quality of special effects, but rather on characters and plot line) and was amazed by Niagara Falls and thought to myself, someday I'm going there! And I'll stay in a hotel with a fire pit in the bedroom! Too cool!
Fast forward to my adulthood, watching my favorite show "The Office" and lo and behold Pam and Jim get on a boat, donning garbage bag style slickers and get married while being sprayed by the falls. Too romantic!
So about a month or so ago I'm sitting at work and get an email from David informing me he booked a whirlwind trip to Niagara Falls and we needed to renew our passports. No problem!!! He looked into the hotel with a fire pit, but it's just a welcome center now. Bummer because I was going to throw David's glasses in the fire pit to confirm some suspicions I've had about him recently. Like when the dishes need washing he's nowhere to be found. Or when our kids were in diapers he was always MIA when they needed changing (only #2). Where is David, I wondered? Saving children falling from buildings? Or taking out bad guys?
So we get to my beloved Niagara Falls and by coincidence we picked the one weekend in over one hundred years that some tightrope walking maniac is crossing the falls. Really? What some considered a bonus I considered the equivalent to going to Disneyland in July: long lines and crowds. Oh well it was one night and mildly interesting.

The falls are even more beautiful than I imagined and the amount of water is mind boggling. I may not have gotten the fire pit, but I got the garbage bag, water drenching experience with my family; what's better than that?