Weekend in Erie

This weekend we thought we would spend the weekend in good old Erie doing snow stuff before it all disappears.

Saturday morning, we headed down to Presque Isle, the Bay that eventually leads out to Lake Erie. We walked out in to the middle of the bay (on the frozen water, which was close to 11 inches thick) and chatted to some local fisherman. We only saw one person who caught something.

Ryan on the frozen lake

Ice Fisherman

After this we decided we needed some real action, so we went to Bob's Gun Shop where we both hired some guns and went target shooting. The guy from the shop showed us how to load up the guns, and without even looking, fired a bullet which landed straight between the eyes of the target. It was a bit intimidating picking up a gun at first, but we got the hang of it.

The people from Bob's gun shop knew we weren't from round here when we asked if we could shoot a gun!

After an afternoon nanna nap, it was off to a local ice hockey game - Erie Otters V's Oshawa (a Canadian team) - what a great sport. There were 2 punch ups, and the refs let them fight! one went for about 2 or 3 minutes! The Otters fought back from 3 down at one stage to win the game. We capped off the night at a local bar.

Bring back the biff!

Sunday we went to Peek N Peak, the slopes 20 minutes from our house (but actually in the state of New York). Ryan went snow boarding and had a ball. There was stacks of snow, and more was falling while we were there. Kristy went tubing with the Morrison Family (other Aussie family down the road) and had a great time too.

We had to leave early so we could make it to the local winter grid iron game - Erie Freeze V's Johnstown. This game wasn't as exciting as the ice hockey the night before - it was very stop start and quite slow, although we still enjoyed the game. Erie lost the game, although had a good come back.

Erie Freeze