We stayed at The Resort at Erie Landing in Port Clinton, which was a very big park with lots of full-time spaces. There was one section for us short time visitors. Almost everyone had a golf cart at this park to get around. We attended a concert at the park one evening and everyone showed up in their golf carts and we felt out of place arriving on our e-bikes. The band was a decent 80’s rock tribute band playing during the park’s Christmas in July celebration.

Port Clinton is right on Lake Erie, so we did some exploring around the town and checked out some of the sights on the lake. David booked a charter fishing trip and spent an evening on the lake fishing for walleye. He was the only person on the trip with the captain, it was really slow fishing, and those walleyes do not fight that much this time of year. He did end up catching is limit of 5 fish.

We jumped on a ferry and took a day trip over to Put-In-Bay on South Bass Island in Lake Erie. First, we spent a little time walking around the main downtown area visiting lots of shops. Then we rented a golf cart (this is how almost everyone gets around on the island) and headed out to explore the island. We had a nice lunch at Goat Soup & Whiskey and then headed downstairs to visit the Chocolate Museum and have an after lunch chocolate. Then we drove around the rest of the island with a couple stops at their two wineries, Heineman and Put-In-Bay. We stopped along the way at a bar that was made from a fire truck. All the stools were mounted on fire extinguishers. The drinks were not very good, but the concept was really well done. Glad we were there under cover when a big rainstorm went through because our golf cart had no front windshield. We would have gotten soaked. Then we went to the top of Perry’s Victory & International Peace Memorial, a 352-foot-tall monument that was built to commemorate an American victory during the war of 1812. The next stop was at a bar that had live music, sand floors, and swinging chairs at the bar. We ended our day on the island with a nice dinner at Hooligans, an Irish Pub for those of you that can’t figure it out by the name. Then it was back on the ferry for a beautiful sunset ride back to the mainland.

We also visited Marblehead Lighthouse State Park and climbed the stairs to the top of that light house. Beautiful views and some interesting history at this state park. We also fit in some stops at a couple more wineries and breweries while we were in Port Clinton. Rocky Point Winery was a quant place with decent wine. Twin Oast Brewing was one of the better breweries we have been to so far with live music, beautiful grounds, and of course great beer.

Then off to our next stop in Erie, PA. We stayed at Presque Isle Passage RV Park. This park was a little tight getting into our site, but once we got parked, it was not too bad. We did end up with an entertaining neighbor for about 5 days while we were there. They were with two other couples and had a total of 7 kids running around. They introduced us to a new game called Kubb. It is lots of fun and everyone can play. We spent a couple evening chatting with them around the campfire.

The first day we were in Erie, Nancy and Dave came and picked us up and took us on a tour around the area. Nancy and Kim worked together many years ago. We had a wonderful time with them having lunch at a nice BBQ place on the water, exploring Harpersfield covered bridge, a tasting at a winery with live music, and then finishing off the day with dinner at another winery. They also sent us a lot of information on things to see and places to shop, while we were in the area. The following weekend we had them over for a BBQ at the campsite. We enjoyed some of David’s smoked ribs, fresh corn and great quinoa salad that Nancy made. We really appreciated all the information they gave us and the time we spent with them.

We did some exploring around the town of Erie. The downtown area had some pretty cool historic buildings, murals, and great views of the lake. Believe it or not we also found a couple of breweries to check out… The Brewery at Union Station was our favorite in a very cool building with good food, and great beer. We also visited Lavery Brewery (nice place with good food and beer) and Erie Brewery (no good… wild kids, bad bathrooms, nothing good for Kim to drink and sticky tables). We also visited the Sloppy Duck Saloon, which was an interesting place with great views of the marina. We did some exploring around Presque Isle State Park and discovered they had some excellent bike trails… now we just needed to get our e-bikes to the park. David stuffed those two e-bikes into the back of the Smart car and off we went. We had an excellent 10 mile ride and now we have figured out a way to transport the bikes to some other trails along our travels. Ever wonder how we get the Smart car on the truck? Check out the videos we did on Our Vehicles page.

One of the highlights of our time in Erie was the sunset dinner cruise on the Victorian Princess. The dinner and wine was not very good at all, but there was an entertaining captain and absolutely beautiful views of the sunset. In the end we were glad we took the cruise and spent a wonderful evening together.

We are now in upstate New York working our way to see the fall foliage in New England. Don’t forget to check out the captions on the pictures which you can see if you look at them from a computer.

And of course, weird things in our travels…..The speed limit in the RV park was 7.5 mph and for some reason the 5 in 7.5 was backwards on the signs. A dessert vending machine, David bought a chocolate covered piece of cheesecake, it was very good.