Today was the perfect day for the beach. We are so lucky to live 45 minutes from Lake Erie. When I was a kid, we vacationed in Pymatuning and always spent one day of our week's vacation at Presque. It's easy to pretend you're at the ocean. Soft sand, waves, and not being able to see all the way across the lake create that illusion.
There is so much to do around Presque Isle State Park that I could probably complete my entire 30-day project in that vacinity. I'll leave some of that for another day. Today we went to the park with another family. On the way, we stopped at Little Caesar's and picked up three pizzas. Now that's a picnic. Three adults and five children ate for under $20, and I didn't have to spend a bunch of time making sandwiches for everyone. The kids had a blast in the water. And of course I could count on Jim to go in and play with the kids....and throw them around...and get yelled at by the lifeguard! :-)
For those of you familiar with Presque, we went to beach 7 and then went to the playground area after the beach. The sand isn't as smooth as I remember in other parts of the park, but it's a good one if you need handicap accessibility, and it's nice because of the playground. Normally we go to beach 6, which we like for the concession area and the nice bathrooms. Anyone who knows Presque, I would live to hear which beach you normally frequent and why.
Ben was very sad because we did not make time to go to the Tom Ridge Environmental Center. Now that place is a great free attraction. You can go to the top of this tower and see great views of the lake. Inside it's basically a small museum. And geocachers, yep, there's one there, too. Next time we venture to Erie, we will take advantage of some of those other attractions...we'll fill you in when we do!
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| A random picture of the beach. |
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| Look, waves! |
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| Ben loves to get thrown. |
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| I think this was right before the lifeguard yelled. |
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