I too am from Erie. Lived in the Millcreek area a few blocks west of Penninsula Drive & 26th Street. I remember the lake freezing pretty much every winter. Very cool to see. I simply LOVED driving around the Peninsula pretty much every day after school (either that or going out to the covered bridge in Gudgeonville) for a bit of partying...
In the winter of '77 I was working on the P&C docks in Conneaut, Oh as an Ironworker for a company called Link Belt building conveyor transport systems, stackers & reclaimers for the Great Lakes iron ore carriers of the day.
Moved to Houston/NASA area in '81... Strangely enough, I miss the snow and smaller ski area's of western NY...
Be safe
Patty
