Erie News Just In....

This weeks breaking news story is about an Erie man who was arrested for abusing a 1 year old child. The child was walking through the house with a knife. The man took the knife off her and threated to cut her with it. The police were called and he was arrested. What the???

If I Could Turn Back Time......

Saturday was a really cool day. We drove to Cleveland, Ohio about 1 3/4 hours away. We got out and had a walk through the city. There is too much doing in Cleveland, except for sports. The were massive sports stadiums everywhere, and these things were huge (put Marathon Stadium to shame)!

It was then another 1 hour drive south, on the hunt for some Amish people. Ohio has the densest population of Amish people. The first county we went to, we didn't have much luck spotting any, so we pulled over and had a buffet full of traditional Amish flavours.

After lunch we drove about another hour - suddenly Ryan spotted a horse and buggy out the corner of his eye! It was Amish people at a service station. We stalked these poor people and done laps around the servo. Kristy Ward (PI) wasn't on her game though and missed some good photo opportunities. We weren't sure if we were going to see any more. So we kept driving along and all of a sudden - BAM! They were coming out of the woodwork! We saw lots of Amish people walking the streets, driving their horse and buggies and working in their yards.

Amish people on their horse and buggy

Next on the agenda was Ashtabula County - a region bordering Pennsylvania and Ohio, and renowned for its covered bridges. The bridges were just like in the movies (like Beetle Juice) and were awesome. We were a bit worried that some of them were going to collapse underneath us!

Covered Bridge

If you squint, you can see Kristy in front of the bridge

The Best Bar in the Whole World

Friday night after Ryan finished work we went to a bar for a few drinks. Turns out we arrived for Happy Hour. Happy Hour was half price drinks and a free buffet!!!! We had 6 drinks and dinner for $10! What a great bar! Think it will become our Friday night local, although Tuesday is all you can eat wings........

Fireworks Night

Last week we went to the local fireworks store. We were browsing the goods and the attendant came up and asked us if we would like some help. We said that we were just looking. He asked us if we were from out of town. When we told him we were, he took us out to the 'back' room where all the good fireworks were. We left with a big packet of Roman Candles costing around $12.

Kristy, cheryl and Casey about to let some crakers off

Friday night we decided to let some off.

We also had a chew on some chewing tobacco pouches (another freeby from St Patricks Day). The pictures below tell you just how good it tasted. Yummo!

I'm Bringing Sexy Back - Yeah!

Monday night we went and saw Pink and Justin Timberlake in Pittsburgh. We drove 2 hours and eventually found a park after we got through the traffic.

First up was Pink - she was fantastic and put on a really good show.

Next up was JT. We, well I (Kristy) was sooo excited! Justin wsa great too, although the slow songs went for a bit too long, but overall he was tops! He can almost hit those high notes as well as he can dance - and he is a bloddy good dancer!

He even had a back up dancer that looked just like Rhiannon!

It was an awesome night, and the concert didnt finish until 1130pm. We were then gridlocked in a carpark for about 1/2 hour until we left through the entry. We arrived home at 230am.

Holiday Valley

Sunday we drove almost 2 hours to Holiday Valley Ski Resort, New York for a snowboarding session. We arrived just before lunch and got a 4 hour lift ticket.
Ryan carved up the snow and got some good runs, except for when he came down with me and we spent half the time on our butts!

We left at 4pm and drove back via French Creek for a good old pub meal and a couple of drinks before heading home after a tiring day.

Show Us Your Shamrocks!

Saturday was St Patricks Day, and one of the biggest days celebrated in Erie.

Ryan shovelling the snow from our driveway - this is from 1 days snow

We had a massive snow dump Thursday and Friday - we found a new way to keep our drinks cool!


A St Patricks Day Cookie

Everyone decorates their house for every 'event' - this house had a blow up leprechaun!

We drove our car downtown & left it there to be buried in snow, while we headed up to Sullivans Irish Pub. We got there about 10am - it was absolutely packed! We started off wearing no green at all - lets face it - who owns any green stuff? As we pub crawled down town Erie, not only did we drink, but we collected more and more green attire until we were both covered in it by the afternoon! We had never seen so much green before and everyone was wearing it - whether it was a big green hat or funky green glasses. Beads are all the rage over here - any type of function you go to, venues hand out beads, & people go crazy for them.

Dressed in green

One place even made you flash for beads! By then ,we had so much green stuff we didn't have to resort to that (we had scored a shirt each, beads, a green hat and a green garter - all free!).

There was a town parade - and everyone in the parade threw lollies. It was hilarious and we filled up a hat full of lollies.

That's only half the lollies we collected!

After the parade we grabbed some lunch and kept on the Beno and Wardy Pub Crawl.
By 7pm, it was time to head home - we managed to flag a taxi (one of only 24 in Erie). After about 10 hours drinking, it was bed time, but not before Kristy stacked it in the snow!

Geek of the Week

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