May 29-31, 2012 – Lake Erie, OH
Tuesday morning Rex gave Cody and Camille baths and haircuts while Nancy helped Rex’s mom clean up her house. We had a really nice visit with Rex’s mom and his aunts, uncles and cousins; but it is time to move on. After lunch we headed north toward Lake Erie. We stayed at Tall Timbers Campground near Port Clinton, OH – a nice campground with lots of grass and a small lake. Lake Erie is the twelfth largest freshwater lake in the world and the shallowest of the five Great Lakes. It is about 210 miles long and 57 miles wide with approximately 871 miles of shoreline. It has a maximum depth of 210 feet. We visited Marblehead Lighthouse State Park and toured Marblehead Lighthouse. Marblehead Lighthouse was built in 1819 from native limestone on the tip of Marblehead Peninsula. The tower was 50 ft tall with another 15 feet added around 1900. ...