What) Lake Erie is the fourth largest lake (by surface area) of the five Great Lakes in North America, and the tenth largest globally. It is the southernmost, shallowest and smallest by volume of the Great Lakes. The lake is named after the Erie tribe of Native Americans who lived along its southern shore. Lake Erie is primarily fed by the Detroit River (from Lake Huron and Lake St. Clair) and drains via the Niagara River and Niagara Falls into Lake Ontario. Navigation downstream is provided by the Welland Canal.

    Because it is the shallowest, it is also the warmest of the Great Lakes, and in 1999 this almost became a problem for two nuclear power plants which require cool lake water to keep their reactors cool. The warm summer caused lake temperatures to come close to the 85-degree-Fahrenheit (29°C) limit necessary to keep the plants cool. (1)

    Where) We are discovering that it is really hard to miss seeing these things.

    Why) This is the last of the four Great Lakes that we haven't yet seen on this trip.

Pam and I went for a walk along the lake shore but we did not pick a very scenic spot because ...

... these are the best of the photos that I took and I had to use my computer to get them to look this nice.  Now, ...

... I like to imagine that taking pictures like this one or the next are simply a matter of being in the right place with the right light. (2)

That's it from the Great Lakes.  Thanks Mister Internet. (3)