A few day ago I wrote about how I was going to ride on the tall ship to do Thursday nights story about the kick-off of Tall Ships Erie. Well the planning worked out, but it would require me to be on the ship for 7 hours and that means an hour to get there, and hour back, then process and tone pictures so we were looking at an 11 hour day. Our company doesn't really allow such things anymore and Friday night football(which is second only to going to church and eating dinner around these parts) doesn't allow for taking Friday off. So I covered the parade from the shore and it might have been for the best anyway. I got to pick my locations for using the light and witnessing the people who came to witness the spectacle. On board would've been long, tiring, cold and i would've been concentrating more on the just the crew and less on the event. I didn't get great shots, it was overcast and the ships didn't come in full sail, but it was something different to cover and it got me out of the office for several hours--which is always a good thing. Meadville Tribune photos by Richard Sayer