This trip to Erie PA we spent the day at Presque Isle State Park(Pennsylvania's only surf beach) and then spent the evening atPresque Isle Downs and Casino. 

Presque Isle State Park is an arching sandy peninsula that extends 7 miles into Lake Erie and consists of 13 miles of roads (loop around outer edges of the peninsula), 21 miles of trails, 13 beaches, 2 lighthouses and a marina. The varied habitat includes sandy beaches, dunes, thickets of shrub, grassy areas, willows, cottonwoods, ponds and marshes. This diverse habitat is home to nearly 400 species of terrestrial vertebrates, including over 320 different birds, 48 kinds of mammals, 13 types of amphibians, and 19 reptile species...    

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