Oh man was I excited to visit home this year! I hadn't been back to Erie in a couple years so I was pretty much vibrating the entire week leading up to the trip. Normally, I'd hit home later in the summer to catch some warmer weather and wakeboarding on the lake, but a best friend from back in my Villa Maria Academy days was getting married. Our hotly debated 2003 class valedictorian (oh yeah, I'm calling you out!) tied it on over Memorial Day weekend so, my Erie plans were happily pushed up a bit.
The weekend was a faaabulous confluence of little mini-reunions. I obviously got to see the bride, who I hadn't laid eyes on in years, plus another highschool champ and college roommate who'd been sucked into the vortex of NYC straight out of college. Sorry, but West Coast is the best coast! Add to that a whole bunch of college, highschool and early kindergarten friends whom I hadn't seen since various graduations and the catching up was over the top cool.
Although Ryan missed THE craziest spring Lake Erie storm I've ever seen (now with tornado warnings!), he did fly in just in time to help out with a time honored Baer Beach tradition; the launching of the Kloecker pier. That dangerous event under our belts, we set out to check a few more boxes on the Erie 'must do' list; a list I've noticed is mostly comprised of eating food, but whatever. We had breakfast and chocolate milkshakes at Taki's, Wing's at Eli's, H&K donuts and Sontheimer's pastries on the porch and of course, Smith's Hot dogs on Sontheimer's buns, washed down with Yuengling. No Sarah's orange and vanialla twist cones or pepperoni balls this time, but there's always hope...
(Mayor of Lake Erie, surveying his territory:)
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