Technically, our first full day of vacation. This is my travelogue. You are welcome to read along.Our little camping cottage is super cute and efficient, but I don’t like the bed. It’s big, plumpy, and covered in a bamboo woven comforter. But my back hurts.The breakfast local recommended by our friends was closed today. So we detoured to a coffee house called ‘The Bean’ that hit each note you’d expect from a coffeehouse servicing vineyard tour groupies. It wasn’t pretentious, but felt oppressive in a sort of desperately upscale vibe. The customer ahead of us talked nonstop after her order was concluded and kept talking over our heads when we moved into line. I really wanted coffee so I just started ordering. The staff person was zero bit attuned to anything.The food was okay, the tables are too close together for the mostly older customers. I’d suggest trying another spot.Then we went into Erie to your the reconstituted Brig Niagra. We’d toured the museum in 2015, but this time the ship was there. Our tour was punctuated by lots of mansplaining, sexist jokes about marriage, and a very awkward reference to people ‘doing terrorisms’ on international cruise ships in the Lake.
We came back to another gorgeous sunset.
There’s a set of steps leading down to the lake. There used to be a rocky trail along the lake, but the water level is 3 or more feet above usual so no path to explore. Laura did venture down the steps until she reached the lake.
On either side of the path, there is just sheer rocky hills. It is very different than Presque Isle.Here’s the cat
Tomorrow, we head first to McKean County to see the Zippo Case Museum, then to the Kinzua Bridge and end up in Elk County at a B&B.Let’s see what tomorrow brings …
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