Goodbye Erie

After four days of rain we had a stunning sunset tonight at the beach. I'll miss Sara's onion rings the most. I'll also miss water. Luckily El Paso is getting flooded again so I won't miss it too much.

We had a nice goodbye lunch out at a Dominican restaurant today (Rosa's Legacy) - about 25 interns showed up in all and they were slammed.

This is my favorite place in Erie: the public library reading room looking out over the Brig Niagara.

There's a few things I'm saving for next summer in Erie:

1. Getting in a boat - any boat
2. Swimming in Lake Erie
3. Checking out Perry's Monument and the lighthouses
4. Going to the Erie Book Store in the mill apartments downtown
5. Driving through the grape fields in North East
6. Seeing Lucille Ball's hometown of Jamestown, NY
7. Renting a bike, kayak, boogie board, and roller blades at Presque Isle
8. Trying the coffee at Romolo chocolates
9. Going to a drive-in movie in Corry
10. Trying the Gelato at the Italian place on Cherry south of 12th street
11. Eating at Pie in the Sky
12. Going to a show at Forward Hall
13. Movies at the Aboretum in Frontier Park

These are a few thing I enjoyed this summer in Erie:

1. Reading to kids on lunch break at the Neighborhood Art Center (the Phantom Tollbooth)
2. Going to an Erie Seawolves game
3. Hiking at Erie Bluffs and enjoying jazz at the Colony Pub afterwards with Gregg
4. Working at the Edinboro bike race finish line
5. Eating the baked brie appetizer at Pufferbelly
6. Drinking gimme! coffee at the 10th Street Cafe with a 4-inch veggie sandwich
7. Grilling veggies at Mercyhurst
8. Walking barefoot at the beach
9. Driving through Amish country with Josh and a gazeteer
10. Liberty Park free concerts
11. Services at the chapel at Mercyhurst (especially the music)
12. All the nice people I met!