A Day in Erie
We spent the day Saturday, July 30, in Erie with my brother Jim, our sister-in-law Judy, and their dogs Piper and Ru. Jim and Judy arrived in Erie on Friday and spent two nights there. We met around 10:45 am near Sara’s Restaurant, along the road to Presque Isle State Park. We drove around Presque Isle, making a few photo stops.
Our first stop was at the Perry Monument. I didn’t take any pictures during our walk at Perry Monument.
Our second stop was at the North Pier Lighthouse and then the houseboats on our way back out to the main park road.
According to this article, there are 24 houseboats on Horseshoe Pond.
Our third stop was at the Presque Isle Lighthouse.
We browsed the various artists’ wares for sale, but didn’t buy anything.
There is a fence surrounding the lighthouse property. The beach is behind me. There was a gate to the beach; however, it was locked. We tried to walk on the beach to where the gate is located. The beach is badly eroded.
While Judy, Jim and Bob attempted to make their way to the beach side of the lighthouse, I photographed the beach itself. By the way they didn’t make it to the lighthouse.
I believe if we had driven past the lighthouse a short way that we may have been able to walk back to the lighthouse.
From the lighthouse we drove to Smugglers Wharf, near Dobbins Landing, where we ate a late lunch / early dinner.
Photo obtained from Library of Congress
It was the first time that any of us had eaten at this restaurant. We were not able to get patio seating. We were seated inside the restaurant with a view of Presque Isle Bay. We requested a table with a view, so that Jim and Judy could keep an eye on their dogs, who stayed in the car with all windows down. With the exception of Jim, we ordered seafood. Jim ordered chicken. Our food was good. The service was OK. Our waiter didn’t ask if we wanted anything other than water to drink or if we wanted any dessert. He saved us money because we didn’t order any drinks or dessert!
After lunch/dinner we walked around Dobbins Landing.
We enjoyed seeing an old pirate ship. The pirate was squirting water at those passing by. He didn’t squirt water at us.
The pirate on the old ship attacked the Skallywags Pirate Ship. There was ship-to-ship water cannon battles. It was a bonus that we were able to see the show unfold at Dobbins Landing.
We parted ways at Dobbins Landing. We are very glad that we were able to meet up with Jim and Judy and spend the day with them. I can count on one hand the number of times we have spent the day together in Erie.
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5 Responses to “A Day in Erie”
I love the pirates and the pirate ships!
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Looks like a nice outing with your brother and his wife, the doggies are cute too. I like the lighthouse and the houseboat. Pretty views of the lake. Take care, have a great day!
Looks like a fun family outing. Great photos, always fun to see places I have never been to.
Looks like you and your family members had a great adventure and some great weather too, hopefully not too hot to walk around outside. The pirate ship show looked like fun to see.
The temperature was great, unlike today. Boy, is it hot outside today!