While getting ready to visit Turkey Point, Amber stumbles upon a 13 year old article she wrote about this beachside vacation town. How times change! We were spending the weekend at my parent’s cottage in Turkey Point. It’s one of those suburban, Lake Erie cottage areas. Once populated by bikers, but now house the retired, and escapees from the city. During the day, guys drive up and down the main drag, shirtless, bass pumping, looking for chicks in bikinis (of which there are plenty) and catcall at them as they pass by. Then turn around and drive back in the opposite direction and do more of the same. Never brave enough to actually stop the vehicle and engage in pleasantries with the opposite sex. That Saturday night my friend and I were simply looking for a place to dance, drink, and for me–flirt a little bit. All in all, harmless fun. We had a few choices. We could sing Karaoke at the Sun Tan Motel, dance the night away at the Turkey Point Hotel, or head down to the beach for some skinny dipping. There was a five dollar cover charge at the Turkey Point Hotel. We paid it. Where […]

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