Family Rendezvous










Lots of French influences in this part of the US so its appropriate to invoke the word rendezvous, which loosely translates into "present you" or "meet you." We rendezvous-ed with my brother Stu and his family at Preque Isle state park, PA. Presque Isle is French for "Almost Island."

The first order of the day was to load ourselves up into his van and have lunch at Sara's! This place is famous! Articles have been written about this joint. It has the best classic summer waterfront diner food...bugers, hot dogs, drippy steak and cheese, with onions and peppers, great fries, milkshakes....you name it. Order, eat outside. It's an opportunity to overeat but the good, juicy calories were worth it! Highly recommended. We toured the historical sites and then hung out afterwards at the beach on the lake side. A bit windy so I didn't go in but Brian the Brave, did. Plus, he got to hang with Sara and Xavier his cousins! We laughed and swapped stories and as did the usual sitting around on beach chairs. Joined the rest of the family later for dinner. What can I say? They drove 3.5 house just to be with us! Loved it. Great time. Blessed.


It is worth a mention that another important historical event took place at this one of a kind harbor on Lake Erie. Presque Isle featured the famous Oliver Perry of "Don't Give Up The Ship" fame. I'll leave you to look up the details, as I had to, on the internet. Suffice to say, we stumbled upon yet another cool historical setting and marvel at the determination, patriotism, and industriousness of frontier people to build a small fleet of ships with no nails and affect the course of history.

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