Wednesday, October 4, 2006

Erie, PA is an interesting town and is the third largest in the commonwealth.


Stayed at a great new modern marina call the Bay Harbor (http://bayharbormarina-erie.com/) . Had excellent service from the Operations Manager, Heidi Schlabach. The marina is so big that she was constantly shuttling us around in her car or golf cart. Everyone was extremely helpful.








Visited the local maritime museum (http://www.brigniagara.org/ ) which is focused on the Great Lakes battles of the War of 1812 and particularly the activities of Commodor Perry. Had and very interesting personal tour of the exhibits by one of the volunteer guides Jack. The Brig Niagara is the center piece of the Museum's activities.

Here is Joyce with the museum's fish.















Here we are at on of the exhibits
















Gordon by a picture of a major battle scene.
















We had lunch at a local place call the Rum Runner. The thing that was a pleasant surprise was 50 cent beer and Labatts at that!!

Weather continues to be a problem. A front went through this afternoon and now it is howling outside. Strong winds may persist tomorrow from the north and go to the northeast which is the way we need to go. Our next stop is Dunkirk, NY