Around the Shore

Sunset from our RV site

We moved about 150 miles along the shore line to another one of the Greats, this time Lake Erie.  The area is similar  to Wilson but you are in Pennsylvania and on Lake Erie instead of Lake Huron.   We found a RV park not too far from the town of Erie and near the Ohio border.   The RV Park was right on the water but a bit on the run down side filled with seasonal weekenders.  That seems to be the case with most of the RV parks around the Great Lakes and East Coast.  Quiet on the weekdays but a bit of zoo on the weekends.  It advertised as having a beach but that was a stretch. No sand and you shared it with a small boat ramp.    If swimming is what you're after the beaches at Presque Isle State Park in the town of Erie is the way to go.  Our site  was on the water so the view made up for some of the shortcomings. We had a few campfires and watched the beautiful sunsets and moonrises.  We happened to be there for a super full moon, it was spectacular!  A few of the nights some of the fellow campers lit candle powered lanterns over the shores. Must be the new thing to do these days. We saw them few times in our travels  You would burn the whole state down if someone did this in New Mexico! Still it was pretty to watch.

The town of Erie was close by and we spent a few days exploring Presque Isle and the town.  They did a nice job of preserving the history. Captain Oliver Perry wintered in Misery Bay during the War of 1812.  One day we took another drive to the town of North East where a Cherry Festival was going on except it was only open at night during the weekdays. Oh well,  it was a nice drive anyway but I did want some of that cherry pie.   Guess I’ll settle for root beer in a frosted mug.  We found this little gem of place  White Turkey Drive-In just across the border in Ohio.

My son-law’s mom Lori happened to live about two hours away in Ohio.  We met for dinner one night about half way.  We had a nice dinner chatting and comparing notes on JR and Emily.  Oh, I bet their ears were ringing that night!

Lori and me

The weather turned quite blustery and along with the lake being churned up came a mayfly infestation! It was apocalyptic crazy, you could even hear a high pitch sound from them swarming.  Time to hitch up and move on down the road! Hmm, where to next?  The weekend is coming again and we better find an RV park. We decided to move the Huron, PA area.  We found a pretty park on the Huron River but again once that weekend come around  it was nuts!  Spent  a few days in the area exploring, there is the big amusement park Cedar Point nearby which we decided to skip.  Our bones are past the days of enjoying this type of excitement.  Decision time was at hand again.  Do we continue up around the Great Lakes and then head on over to the Chicagoland area to visit family in August?  It was getting harder to find places on the weekends, so we decided to start the long trek home. We figured once we moved away from the water and West that problem would go away.  So home it was!

Presque Isle Beaches

Monument to Captain Perry

Trail on Presque Isle