{"id":5029,"date":"2021-10-01T18:12:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=5029"},"modified":"2021-10-01T18:12:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T18:12:28","slug":"four-things-i-love-about-a-road-trip-part-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/01\/four-things-i-love-about-a-road-trip-part-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Things I Love About a Road Trip Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/06\/23\/research-trip-2021-part-one\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4932\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part One<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/07\/31\/4-things-i-love-about-a-road-trip-part-two\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Part Two<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/09\/4-things-i-love-about-a-road-trip-part-three\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"5022\">Part Three<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last thing I want to note about road trips is that you can often discover some real gems not far from home. On this particular trip, we stopped in Erie, PA. We could have just driven home from there, but our plan was to explore. The B&amp;B we stayed at was downtown, but surprisingly quiet. We walked to the Lake Erie lakeshore from there, ate at a restaurant, and watched boats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all, isn&#8217;t this the prettiest highway rest stop? It&#8217;s in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA-rest-stop-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5030\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA-rest-stop-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA-rest-stop-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA-rest-stop-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA-rest-stop-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA-rest-stop-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/PA-rest-stop-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lake Erie in July is pretty nice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5031\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?attachment_id=5031\" class=\"wp-image-5031\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-Lunch-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5038\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?attachment_id=5038\" class=\"wp-image-5038\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-coast-1-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Erie, PA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>There is a state park a short drive from our B&amp;B called Presque Isle. Oh my goodness, what a great find. Here are a few pictures. It&#8217;s a narrow peninsula that sticks out into Lake Erie. So beautiful with several sandy beaches and a gorgeous lighthouse. I had thought we left lighthouses behind in New England so this was a wonderful surprise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5033\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?attachment_id=5033\" class=\"wp-image-5033\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-beach-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5035\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?attachment_id=5035\" class=\"wp-image-5035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-850x1133.jpg 850w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Erie-lighthouse-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5036\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?attachment_id=5036\" class=\"wp-image-5036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-beach-850x638.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"892\" src=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-1024x892.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"5037\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-scaled.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?attachment_id=5037\" class=\"wp-image-5037\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-1024x892.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-300x261.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-768x669.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-1536x1338.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-2048x1785.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/erie-lighthouse-close-850x741.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks for sharing my mini travelog. What surprises have you discovered on your road trips?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Part One Part Two Part Three The last thing I want to note about road trips is that you can often discover some real gems not far from home. On this particular trip, we stopped in Erie, PA. We could have just driven home from there, but our plan was to explore. The B&amp;B we&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[439,438],"class_list":["post-5029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-lake-erie","tag-roadtrip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5029"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5039,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5029\/revisions\/5039"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}