The Washington Post’s Impulsive Traveler came to Erie this month to explore ice dunes and art. Read the entire article, written by Robin Soslow. The author writes about exploring our beautiful Presque Isle State Park to spot ice dunes (which I’m not su…

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Date Taken: April 6, 2011 at 9:22 EDT Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTF-Stop: f/22Exposure Time: 1/160 sec.ISO Speed: ISO-400Focal length: 27 mm

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Date Taken: April 6, 2011 at 1:56 EDT (Eastern time even though we were in Arizona – I’m too lazy to do the conversion).Camera: Canon EOS DIGITAL REBEL XTF-Stop: f/20Exposure Time: 1/160 sec.ISO Speed: ISO-400Focal length: 55 mm

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As I mentioned in my last Foto Friday of the Grand Canyon, the vista is constantly changing because of sunlight, clouds, shadows, fog, etc. But I wanted to provide you with an example of that.Here are two almost identical shots of the Grand Canyon take…

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Unfortunately, photos cannot capture the grandeur of the Grand Canyon. And at some point on my trip I stopped trying to capture its enormous size with the camera, because even my eyes could not grasp the vastness. Don’t get my wrong, I still snapp…

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April 6, 2011. Sunrise over the Grand Canyon.Mother Nature’s finest. No words needed.

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Erie-ites, what’s the oldest building in the City of Erie?Dickson Tavern is located at the corner of 2nd and French Streets in downtown Erie. The three-story, Federal and Greek Revival-style building was constructed in 1815 by William Himrod and owned …

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On our second day in Sedona, Arizona, we were only there in the morning before we needed to drive to the Grand Canyon. We woke up and decided to go for a quick walk to try to find the easiest vortex to get to. We didn’t know where we were going or…

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One of the scariest haunted “house” experiences I remember as a child is back…Guys and ghouls are invited to a night of fright aboard Erie’s Flagship Niagaraaaaaaah! Ghosts Afloat will transform Erie’s treasure into a haunted ship when ghosts fro…

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This photo was taken on April 4 in Sedona, Arizona. It is a view from the Chapel of the Holy Cross (a spectacular church built in the side of the rocks.) The cactus in the foreground is Plateau Cholla or Whipple Cholla  (or maybe they are the same…

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The PA Department of Environmental Protection issued a drought watch today for 29 counties in the western half of the state including Erie (Harrisburg doesn’t realize we have a big lake we can draw water from). Issued along with the watch is a voluntary 5 percent reduction in non-essential water use. The last three months [...]

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Welcome to the first in our series of op-ed pieces. In this series, we’ll be giving people and businesses in our area an opportunity to tell us about them and what they have going on. I’m excited about it and I hope you enjoy reading them and starting a dialogue. In this inaugural piece, Chris [...]

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This past Saturday I had an opportunity to visit the new Tom Ridge Environmental Center (TREC) located at the entrance of Presque’ Isle state park. I was impressed with how sophisticated it was in featuring environmentally friendly building components, including “raising” the building a foot or two off the ground to improve air circulation. Also, [...]

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