The Quiet Place

Today I came across a post of Niagara Falls. It had me remembering how it was my frame of reference for waterfalls. Growing up I lived in a small town and didn’t have a lot of experience seeing waterfalls in person, but I had family who lived in Niagara Falls and we would often go to see the Falls when we went to visit them. I remember I was at Letchworth State Park with my Girl Scout troop and a Park Guide was taking us on a walk and showing us the waterfalls at the park. She asked us all if we had ever seen something so big and beautiful, to which I responded something to the effect of “That’s nothing! I’ve seen bigger falls for sure”. The tour guide was just about shocked and asked where I had seen a bigger waterfall. I then told her “Niagara Falls”. She responded with laughter and said something like “well of course this isn’t as big as Niagara Falls, that’s the biggest One!” I was surprised to hear that! I had absolutely NO IDEA that Niagara Falls was a wonder of the world. As I g