An Unreal Day
By Four Walls
@FourWalls (73320)
United States
July 28, 2023 7:28pm CST
Wow. Za.
I don’t know what else to say. Today was unreal in its beauty and joy.
I spent the day at Presque Isle State Park, which is in Erie, Pennsylvania. There are no superlatives to describe it.
Lake Erie goes down as the first of the Great Lakes that I’ve taken a boat on. The Lady Kate is a tour boat that took us through the bay and out into the lake. The tour guide said that the dredged inlet was actually deeper than the part of the lake we were on!
The park is enormous, with a dozen different beaches for people to choose from. There’s also the boat ride, boat rentals, and all kinds of bikes to rent in the park.
Just outside is a really cool diner where I had lunch. It deserves its own discussion, because it was so neat.
The photo is one I took from the Lady Kate of Lake Erie.
What a wonderful time!!!
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@RasmaSandra (83737)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
29 Jul 23
Lovely photo, I am glad you are having such a great time,
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
Thanks, it was a fun time on the lake!
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@moffittjc (123524)
• Gainesville, Florida
30 Jul 23
It always blows my mind that the Great Lakes are so big that they actually look like "seas," without all the salt water (and sharks)! I never knew that Lake Eerie was so shallow.
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
30 Jul 23
I think it’s the shallowest of the five. Superior is bigger than a few seas!
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
31 Jul 23
@moffittjc — oh, it was very smooth on that boat ride. Having said that, look at how many shipwrecks have happened on the Great Lakes. They can be vicious.
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@moffittjc (123524)
• Gainesville, Florida
31 Jul 23
@FourWalls Are the Great Lakes much different than being on a real “sea?”
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@BarBaraPrz (49228)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Jul 23
Yes, Lake Erie is very shallow. When the tide is 'out' you can walk quite far and only be knee-deep.
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@BarBaraPrz (49228)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
29 Jul 23
@FourWalls Just try it! I think it gets deeper in the middle.
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
@BarBaraPrz — at least there aren’t any sharks! 
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@crossbones27 (50299)
• Mojave, California
29 Jul 23
You always wonder why so violent, why can't people just go explore and see amazing things. Sounds much more fun than destroying such neat things.
People go but if I see it, I must own it and I must get all this money because its now mine.
Its no ones fool. You just renting and this was here way before you and will be after. You should feel happy you just got to see what all the years of pain staking punishment the earth took for you to see that prettiness and allowed you to see it. People so stupid and inconsiderate.
Thanks miss lady for showing us the coolness.
Thanks miss lady for showing us the coolness.1 person likes this
@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
You’re so right. The tour guide was talking about how polluted Lake Erie used to be. Now it’s much better.
And you’re also correct that anyone who’s mad, instead of counting to ten, should go sit by a lake or walk in a forest.
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@crossbones27 (50299)
• Mojave, California
29 Jul 23
@FourWalls Then she will show her true prettiness. I do not know mother earth told me to say that.
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
@LadyDuck — the tour guide said there’s enough water in the lakes to cover the entire contiguous US in ten feet of water. 
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
And it’s not even the greatest of the Great Lakes!
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@LadyDuck (472715)
• Switzerland
29 Jul 23
@FourWalls It's incredibly big compared to all our lakes.
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@Chellezhere (5784)
• United States
29 Jul 23
It is a beautiful place, isn't it?
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
Amazing. So much beauty everywhere you turned there!
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@Chellezhere (5784)
• United States
29 Jul 23
@FourWalls My son recently moved to another city in Indiana, but he used to live less than a block from Lake Michigan, and I live in the Finger Lakes Region of NY, just a few hours east of Lake Erie and south of Lake Ontario. We love being so close to the Great Lakes.
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
It was a vacation in and of itself!
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@snowy22315 (187410)
• United States
29 Jul 23
Erie is my hometown. I love Presque Isle and go there almost every time I visit. Last time I went to the Tom Ridge Center for only the second time. We went on one of the boat tours for my parents 50th...Lots of people came from out of town. It was a gorgeous day like Erie often has in the summer.
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
It’s a great park and everyone should be proud of it!
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@RebeccasFarm (93533)
• United States
30 Jul 23
Oh those lakes are so beautiful. What an excellent view
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
30 Jul 23
I was so beside myself I’m surprised they didn’t charge me two admissions. 
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@LindaOHio (186102)
• United States
29 Jul 23
How did we go to Presque Isle and not find out about the Lady Kate? I did all kinds of research. I'm glad you had such a good time. Lovely photo. Onward and upward! Drive safely and enjoy your day.
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@FourWalls (73320)
• United States
29 Jul 23
I’m sorry you missed it, too, because it was so enjoyable.
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