We’re off on another road trip. And as usual I don’t have enough time to tell you all about it. So I’ll just say that we drove along Lake Erie’s coastline through several small towns that were enticing. (Click on any photo to enlarge it.)
We got to see a few lighthouses, first at Marblehead…
…and then further along the coast at Fairport Harbor …
…where there was also an old lighthouse way out in the lake…
…and another way out in the lake at Loraine, all in Ohio…
…and then way up at the tip of Presque Isle Park in Erie Pennsylvania.
We didn’t get to climb any of these, but they are still beautiful. As was the lake, even though it was cold, windy, and often spitting rain.
Today we drove across some of Pennsylvania, through the mountains (literally, we got to go through a tunnel!) and down to Washington DC.
It was a rainy, foggy drive, but because it’s Sunday the traffic wasn’t too bad until we got closer to the city.
We’re staying way out of town, and tonight we took the metro into Chinatown for dinner.
Then we stopped at our favorite gelato place on Dupont Circle for a bit of desert.
Didn’t make my 10,000 steps today, too much time spent in the car. But tomorrow we’re going to visit Arlington Cemetery.
That ought to do it.
May 1, 2016 at 11:44 pm
My old “stomping grounds” love it!!! I lived in Cleveland for 35 yrs before moving to Michigan in 2001. I have a dear friend in Fairport Harbor and many still in Lorain……………I soooooooo miss Lake Erie! DakotasDen
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May 2, 2016 at 10:17 pm
I LOVED Lorain! Would live there in a heartbeat. The tulips at the top of the post are from a big bed of them at the park there.
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May 2, 2016 at 6:10 am
What a drive! I’ve done something similar going from New England to northern CA. Love your pix – brought it all back. I’m driving down to DC to visit my brother in a few weeks. Can’t wait.
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May 2, 2016 at 10:18 pm
DC is wonderful. Even though it’s raining pretty much all the time. I would love to drive from the east to the west coasts. Maybe someday. Thanks for stopping by!
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May 3, 2016 at 6:40 am
I’ve driven west coast to east, and east coast to west (literally, Boston to SF, and back the other way). I most liked the east coast to west coast drive. Probably because I loved smelling the eucalyptus and redwoods and pine once I got to Lake Tahoe. 🙂
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May 2, 2016 at 9:37 am
I recognize some of those places! I love that last image. It wants to tell a story. 🙂
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May 2, 2016 at 10:18 pm
The story is that these two were the parents of a young couple having their engagement pictures taken on the beach. In the rain. And cold. The kids had no coats on but didn’t seem to notice. Mom and Dad looked cold.
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May 2, 2016 at 10:26 am
I love road trips…and have been many of these places! Thanks for sharing. 🙂
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May 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm
I love road trips too! There are so many interesting places to visit! I should go over to your blog and see what’s new! Thanks for stopping by.
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May 2, 2016 at 11:11 am
Safe travels, Dawn! You’ve included some beautiful photographs here — maybe on the way back, you’ll have sunny skies and can spend a bit more time looking at these lighthouses??
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May 2, 2016 at 10:20 pm
We had a little bit of sun this afternoon in DC at Arlington. I have a bit of a sunburn now. Of course. Then a big storm blew in, hoping tomorrow is a little more calm!
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May 2, 2016 at 12:12 pm
Something about lighthouses is so appealing
Snorts,
Lily & Edward
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May 2, 2016 at 10:20 pm
I know. I like to dream of living in one, though I know back in the day the life there was terribly hard. But oh so romantic!
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May 6, 2016 at 5:04 am
I love your road trips, you pack a lot of fun into short days.
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May 6, 2016 at 8:02 am
Yep we do. We are finished with the conference (that was yesterday) and now we’re going to get back to vacation mode for another week!!
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