ERIE, PA Day 2.  This morning we drove the short distance to West Erie Presbyterian Church, a very conservative PCA church which currently meets at Community Country Day School.  We sang from the old Trinity Hymnal and the Trinity Psalter.  The order of worship included the Gloria Patri, responsive readings from the Westminster Shorter Catechism, and pastoral prayer concluding with The Lord's Prayer, all of which have disappeared from too many PCA and OPC services.  It was a very cordial time of worship and fellowship.  They have an interesting solution to quickly assembling "pew racks" behind folding chairs when setting up a room for Sunday worship (see photo below).  They have slip-over chair back sleeves with pockets on the backs for holding hymnals, Bibles, etc.

Portable "Pew Racks"

After that we drove into town to do some much-needed grocery shopping and to stop off at a Walgreens to get some prescriptions filled.  Amazing how easy it is to do that anywhere in the country while traveling.  Our last visit to a Walgreens was in Laramie, WY.  Erie seems to be a pleasant town to drive in, even though it has its share of road construction.  We even caught another glimpse of Lake Erie, a very large blue layer on the northern horizon, almost like a mountain range in the distance.

We returned to our RV park to unload groceries and take an afternoon nap before making some lunch.  It is a beautiful day here.  Very much like a sunny summer day in small town Maryland many years ago.

Almost All Our Neighbors Have Gone

Quiet Sunday Afternoon at the RV Park

It is hard to believe that we shall leave tomorrow morning for Niagara Falls, a place that I have never seen, but Betty has seen twice in her life.  It has been so popular for so long that I hope it will not be an overly commercialized disappointment.  The next stop after that will be Rochester to visit the George Eastman Kodak Museum.  There is so much in New York, including the finger lakes, that we sadly will have too little time to visit due to rushing to arrive in Essex Junction, VT by Oct 1st for the Tiffin Fall Rally.  Tiffin is the maker of our motorhome.  This is where we shall have some of our motorhome's mechanical issues addressed, including the repair of our front air conditioner.