The Lady J: Change of location, change of attitude

Crossing the Bay

It is amazing what a change in location can do for ones attitude. Thursday morning the rain had finally stopped, the temperatures had dropped and the wind had picked up. So we made the decision to stay in Presque Isle, PA one more night but move from the Erie Yacht Club over to Wolverine Park. It was one of the best moves we made. The folks at Wolverine were attentive, helpful and cheaper. The location was also more conducive to visiting town. We docked at Wolverine around 11:30 a.m. and quickly decided to get off the boat and do some site seeing. We had been cooped up on the boat for the past two days and our attitudes had gone south. Oh before I get to our excursion I must let you know that as we were pulling into the marina and trying to communicate with the young man at the dock as to what slip he wanted us to pull into our radio on the flying bridge died right as the young man was telling us where to go. The first mate mad a quick scramble down to the other radio below and continued the conversation and we were then back on track. Always something to humble you.

Erie Museum of Art

So back to getting off the boat. Our first stop was down to the bay to a local marine store to buy a hand held radio to supplement the one on the bridge. They had exactly what Mike needed and we were on our way. Downtown Erie, PA is a wonderful town. We walked about a mile up the hill to town, past a large Hospital complex and also through Gannon University (which we had never hear of). We actually for the first time on this trip came across a farmers market. Needless to say we purchased some goodies (corn on the cob, tomatoes and zucchini) for our dinner this evening. We have had the worst luck trying to get any kind of fruits or vegetables on this trip. It seems whatever port we get to we have missed the farmers market by a couple of days. So we were overjoyed to see this one.

Yum!

By this time we were getting a bit hungry and started looking for a place to grab lunch. Well we came across a hot dog vendor in the town square and thought what the heck. We ate hot dogs and sausages on a wall at the park and had the best time. We then spent the next hour or so just walking around. We came across a street performer entertaining a bunch of children along with some folks that were in the park enjoying their lunch. We walked through part of the campus on Gannon University and enjoyed all the wonderful scenery.

We returned back to the boat for a rest and to return our new found "goodies". The rest didn't last long as Mike wanted to go visit the museum where the flagship Niagara was docked. We had seen the Niagara at Put N Bay last summer when it was partaking in the anniversary celebration of the battle of Lake Erie. The museum was a wonderful place and we recommend it to anyone visiting the area.

Fountain in town square

A street performer entertaining some kids in the park.

Frogs seem to be the "thing" in Erie. Like lighthouses are in Sandusky.

Great old buildings. We had linner at this Tap house.

The flowers around town were spectacular

This stone road was actually blocked off and had a marker stating this was some
of the original road from when the town was first built. How cool is that?

Part of Erie Courthouse

After spending most of the afternoon site seeing we soon realized that the hotdogs we had earlier left us a bit hungry by 3:30 so yes we stopped for "linner" you know that meal between lunch and dinner (actually instead of dinner). We had an enjoyed our meal eating outside watching people and enjoying the beautiful weather. Erie we will be back some day and be sure to stay at Wolverine Park.