Erie Ambassadors

On a brisk but sunny evening, we boarded the Erie-Western Pennsylvania Port Authority’s water taxi at the Wolverine Park marina for session eight of the Erie Ambassador program. The water taxi operates daily from late May to early October ($9 round trip/$7 one-way/$7 children) and crosses the bay to Presque Isle Water Works from both Dobbins Landing and Liberty…

After being teased with a few days of almost-springlike weather, the snow found us again on the evening of the last Erie Ambassador Program session. When we climbed the steps to the Richard S. Wasielewski Water Treatment Plant, a few flakes of snow were falling from the twilight sky, and by the time we exited, a blanket of…

Week four brought us to the Erie County Technical School (ECTS) on Oliver Road for the education session of the Erie Ambassador Program’s Spring 2014 class. My husband, Jim, and I hadn’t been in the building for nearly a decade. The last time was when we attended an informational meeting regarding a sister-city trip to Zibo, China, that our…