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ENJOYING THE SNOW? – - Maybe we should while we can.
Posted: January 28, 2013 6:41 pm
Snow is not necessarily my first love. However, from November’s first tentative flakes which are usually followed by the season’s first full-fledged blizzard, to that sneaky quiet midnight assault of eight new inches of the white stuff; I do admit to fondly recalling my youthful enthusiasm about the coming of winter. As a Times-News… View ArticleSALT, SALT, SALT – - Winter in Erie
Posted: January 6, 2013 9:32 am
PENNDOT and Salt! The two go together like ham and eggs, bread and butter and peanut butter and jelly But, this is not true on Presque Isle. The park may be one of only a few places in Erie County that NO SALT is used to help melt ice and snow. Many visitors to… View ArticleAUTUMN LEAVES – - By guest blogger Robert Harris
Posted: September 14, 2012 6:39 am
Todays blog is by Robert Harris. Bob is our resident expert on plants on the park. He knows more about what grows on Presque Isle than anyone I have ever met. Walking with Bob is an adventure as he dashes in and out of the woods all along where you walk. I hope you… View ArticleSMALL BOATS, CANOES AND KAYAKS – -Have fun but make it a safe summer – - Part #1
Posted: May 24, 2012 9:28 pm
Each year as I roam Presque Isle and its nearby waterways, I watch as inexperienced boaters head out onto Presque Isle Bay, Marina Lake and into the lagoons in all manner of small boats, canoes or kayaks. This, frankly, sometimes scares me to no end. I have even seen many inexperienced boaters heading out… View ArticleA FRESH BEGINNING — Spring Sunrise
Posted: March 22, 2012 9:51 am
A saffron sun leisurely lifts over the horizon, Contentment fills the dawn. I am alone, Take a breath rink in the daybreak. My senses embrace the ambiance. I walk toward the beach on a makeshift pathway, Damp grass welcomes my feet. A wispy breeze reveals itself, Tugging at my hair. The solitude and blue… View ArticleA QUIET PRESQUE ISLE MORNING
Posted: March 18, 2012 7:06 pm
How does “Crackers” know it’s 5 a.m.? “Crackers” is our resident little devil, a white and brown calico cat. Some mornings she starts playing a game she must call race time at the Ware’s, by running on, over, under and through the bed at exactly that time. Do you think she’s about to stop… View ArticleSNOWBIRDS – - Migration almost complete
Posted: January 22, 2012 11:13 am
Thinking back to early October on Presque Isle when the foliage was brilliant and just beginning to drift to the floor of the woods and trails of the park, it is difficult to remember the exact day I first noticed that many of the leaves were encrusted with thin delicate ice crystals. Now, we all… View ArticleHORSESHOE POND – - A day of snow and ice
Posted: January 18, 2012 9:32 am
Happily for me, Friday the 13th turned out to be a wonderful day for a short visit to Horseshoe Pond. Sometime about 10 A.M., I left the house for Presque Isle. I quickly become conscious that it was turning out to be a day of penetrating cold, damp and about 30 degrees. The wind… View ArticleNEW PENNSYLVANIA LIFE JACKET RULES FOR COLD WEATHER
Posted: January 14, 2012 5:38 am
I was at a dinner last week when a friend and I were talking about the lack of winter weather so far in December and January. In fact, he was telling me about how just that afternoon, he had taken his canoe and put in at the lagoons and paddled for over two hours. … View ArticleWINTER ON PRESQUE ISLE – - A Season of Special Beauty
Posted: December 22, 2011 7:25 am
This is a unique time of year. A time when most of Erie County has been covered with snow at least once, yet, until now, Presque Isle is still wearing only its late autumn browns and grays. It is Sunday December 17 and just 8 a.m. in the morning when I reach the bottom… View Article1 2 Next »