Welcome!

First, let me tell you a little about me and why I started this blog.

I declared the year 2010 to be "The Year of Day Trips". I started planning the first outing in February, hoping that it would somehow usher Spring in earlier than usual. After another hard Erie winter, I really needed to "Think Spring" or go insane. Since I am an avid amateur photographer, I am always on the look out for new and interesting places and subjects, so day trips would be a perfect way to discover new things.

I started this blog to document these day trips. My hope is that someone else will find this information useful in planning their own day trips in and around Erie, Pa.

Well, who better to share these trip with than friends and family? So the first planned outing was Volant, PA with my mother, 2 aunts, my sister and a cousin. They have now been collectively dubbed "The Cackle" (more on that later). This group is a really a lot of fun. We are a little bit crazy, maybe a little bit loud, and ALWAYS a hoot!