{"id":176,"date":"2009-02-20T20:39:32","date_gmt":"2009-02-21T04:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rayivey.com\/wordpress\/?p=176"},"modified":"2009-02-24T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T22:56:31","slug":"it-is-cold-in-buffalo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.rayivey.com\/wordpress\/it-is-cold-in-buffalo\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<a class=\"synved-social-button synved-social-button-follow synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox\" data-provider=\"facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ray.ivey1\" style=\"font-size: 0px; width:48px;height:48px;margin:0;margin-bottom:5px;margin-right:5px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Facebook\" title=\"Follow us on Facebook\" class=\"synved-share-image synved-social-image synved-social-image-follow\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" style=\"display: inline; width:48px;height:48px; 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actually consists of two completely separate falls.\u00a0 The set on the American side (imaginatively named &#8220;American Falls&#8221;) are not the famous ones you see in the movies and on postcards.\u00a0 That would be &#8220;Horseshoe Falls&#8221; on the Canadian side.<\/p>\n<p> I had no passport so I knew I couldn&#8217;t cross over to Canada to get the proper view of Horseshoe.\u00a0 However,  from the north end of Goat Island (yes,  it&#8217;s really called that) I got a perfectly acceptable view of the famous flow.<\/p>\n<p> The falls were not frozen,  but they were amidst tons of ice and snow and were visually quite impressive.<\/p>\n<p> Next:\u00a0 On to American Girl!!<\/p>\n<p><div itemprop=\"aggregateRating\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/AggregateRating\">Average Rating: <span itemprop=\"ratingValue\">4.9<\/span> out of <span itemprop=\"bestRating\">5<\/span> based on <span itemprop=\"reviewCount\">235<\/span> user reviews.<\/span><\/div><\/p><p>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\n  \"@context\": \"http:\/\/schema.org\/\",\n  \"@type\": \"Review\",\n\"datePublished\":\"April 30, 2026\",\n  \"itemReviewed\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Product\",\n    \"name\": \"Male Enhancement Pills\"\n  },\n  \"reviewRating\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Rating\",\n    \"ratingValue\": \"4.9\"\n  },\n\n  \"author\": {\n    \"@type\": \"Organization\",\n    \"name\": \"LegitScript\"\n  },\n  \"reviewBody\": \"Excellent quality at low price. 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