Today we rode the bikes up into town and visited the Erie Art Museum as well as the Erie Historical Museum. They were working on the Cashier's house part of the museum so we did not get to see the pot that Dr.
Trip Log
August 17, 2011
Saturday we went to the Erie Cemetery and took the walking tour of the notable Erie residents. It opened in 1850 and contained many of the 'movers and shakers' of the early Erie community.
August 10, 2011
Things have been quiet and it has cooled off a bit with some rain. The campground is full for the weekend and about a quarter full for the weekdays. Tuesday we rode the bikes out past Peninsula drive and payed our respects to family at the cemeteries.
August 1, 2011
We have gone out to the peninsula three days in a row during 'Discover Presque Isle'. The second day we rode our bikes for a full lap of the bike trail, metal detected on beach 8 and walked through the vendor tents.
July 29, 2011
Yesterday we went back to the Zoo for a quiet walk around the park and a chance to see the newborn Red Panda but they remained in the cubbing box.
July 28, 2011
It has been over 15 years since someone has drowned at the peninsula but there have been two in the last two days. A 7 year old boy in the waves on beach 2 after the park was closed and a 27 year old man after going for a swim off a sailboat by the North Pier off beach 11.
July 24, 2011
The heat has been pretty much slowing us down. We continue to be active, just not as fast. We built a 'sifter' from hardware cloth and went to beach 1 for some metal detecting. We did find a nice Irish ring and a lot of trash.
July 18, 2011
Saturday we went to Browns for Ryan's Birthday party. He came home from Pittsburgh. Otherwise we continued to recuperate by watching the mass exodus out of the campground on Sunday. We had even used four overflow spots.
July 15, 2011
Today Mike and Jeff and their families returned home and all have arrived safely. Alesa and I spent the day resting and getting things set up for the rest of the summer. Yesterday the kids spent some time here and Jeff and I went for a motorcycle ride to Ripley and back.
July 13, 2011
We are starting to slow down. Monday the kids were off with their families and yesterday Janet, Becca, baby Lola and all the family went to the zoo to visit as Becca and Lola were flying back to Omaha this morning. After the zoo we all went to Georges for a late lunch.