Day 4

Day 4: Thursday, June 25th, 2009

After our best night sleep yet, (no bear dreams, nice and warm) Tara and I got moving around 7:15. This time I used the percolator to boil water and the coffee filter from the Field and Streams Coffee Maker to make nice strong cups of coffee. Third time’s a charm. We enjoyed the cups in the camp chairs watching the chipmunks chase each other in the field. We broke camp, left around 10 and visited the Kinuza Dam that forms the Allegheny Reservoir. Nuvi then directed us on paved roads to Rum Runners in Erie, PA where we had lunch with my Aunt Nancy and her husband Doug on the waterfront. The warm sun and gentle lapping of the lake waves, along with a full stomach and a delicious Rum Runner nearly put us in a napping mood.

Tara and I took the by-ways west through the rest of Pennsylvania and through Ashtabula, OH (pronounced ash-ta-BU-lah not the fey and whimsical ash-TAB-ula that we hoped) until we heard the thunderstorm warnings and jumped on I-90 to beat them to the Matyjasiks in Rocky River, OH. Once the storms passed by and power was restored, Eileen and Bob prepared an incredible dinner of salad, pork loin with mango chutney, new potatoes, and broccoli with key lime pie for dessert. It was by far the best dinner of the trip and will not be topped easily. They also let us sleep in a bed!

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