Erie turned out to be a bit of a wash. When I got here yesterday afternoon the sun was shining, warm out, and wasn't too windy. It was supposed to be the same today but instead it was cloudy, chilly, rained for half the day, and wind gusts up to 50 mph. Didn't get to do as much stompin around Presque Isle State Park as I would've liked but such is life. Oh well, have some BEEFPICS

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Lake Erie is still frozen. Complete with ice dunes!
There's a monument to Oliver Perry on Presque Isle. Interesting guy, famous for his role as a naval commander in the War of 1812. IMO, an underrated era of American history. When I was a kid we didn't learn much about it in school. We just kind of skipped from the American Revolution to the American Civil War.


The city of Erie from across the bay. Once the third largest city in Pennsylvania it continues to lose population and struggles with poverty and a stagnant economy, like Pittsburgh but much worse, due to the loss of much of its industrial base.
Other random ass pics from today. I almost fell off that pier with the lighhouse after a huge gust of wind. lol
I'm moving back to my hometown in a few days. If I take any koll pics during the drive I'll post em up. Otherwise, expect some pics of Alabama in a week or so. I'll be taking the old Jeep off-roading and hopefully there will be some actual foliage down there by then. All the trees up here in PA still look dead. lol