On the Road Again...Sort of

The last time I traveled was to Dallas in late 2019. While I had plans for lots of trips in 2020, we all know what happened to those.

I had a list of things I wanted to do and places and people I wanted to visit as soon as it was possible. Now that we're fully vaccinated, I've been checking those items off. 

One of the places I longed to return to was Lake Erie and Presque Isle State Park in Erie, PA. I had enough points earned for a free night in a hotel. I made my reservations.

Plans started looking hinky a week ago when Hubby came down with a cold. I was on the verge of canceling, but by mid-week, he was feeling much better. He wanted to go. So I packed. 

Friday, friends we were supposed to meet up with for Saturday dinner got called away on a family emergency. 

Still, we went. 

The weather was lovely. 


There was a Hudson car show in our hotel's parking lot. 


I want one. 

Another friend had arranged for me to meet an Erie detective and tour the police department. Since I'm currently working on TWO proposals for new series and both are at least partly set in Erie, I was excited to delve deeper into my research.

I left Hubby to explore the Maritime Museum and took my tour. I got lots of great info and answers to my questions. 

Erie Police Department

With that done, we were free to spend the rest of the weekend having fun. 

Except in the wee hours of Saturday night, I started feeling crappy. Hubby's cold finally caught up to me. We checked out at 6:30 Sunday morning and were home three hours later. 

I haven't yet mentioned Kensi. She has embraced the idea of having her human home all the time. She was not exactly happy when we abandoned her. As soon as I dumped the contents from my backpack, she climbed in. And this is the expression I've been dealing with ever since. 


I do have more travel plans coming up this fall. And I want to take another weekend trip to Erie once I'm sniffle-free to make up for what I didn't accomplish this weekend.

Sorry, Kensi.


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