A new lighthouse adventure begins. We (Lois, Lynn, Bill and I) spent my birthday week touring upper Michigan, visting many lighthouses along the way—beginning Sunday with a trip to the Tawas Point Light. It was a stellar day for visiting a beautiful example of lighthouse architecture. Even better, it was still open to the public this late in the season. I suspect the Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival in Alpena that weekend may have had something to do with it. |
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The Tawas Point Light is very photogenic, I saw many cameras aimed at it as we approached the building. |
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The gentleman posted at the door to greet visitors (and let us enter in manageable sized groups) was dressed in the lighthouse keeper uniform, which made for a great picture. |
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Once inside the lighthouse, we had a guided tour of the keeper's quarters, then got to go up to the lantern. It was hard to get a picture of the fourth-order Fresnel lens. The red glass panels helped give the light a white/red blink. |
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This is a modern light, complete with electric bulbs, not much larger than the Halogen bulbs used in cars now. No more carrying five-gallon jars of kerosene up the stairs! |
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Speaking of stairs, just as Lynn started her descent, she turned and took this photo of me by the lens. Small room up there, not much more than a body width between the lamp and the outside wall. |
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Our visit to this light was very pleasurable, just gave me the "warm fuzzies", so I hugged the lighthouse.
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| Links: Great Lakes Lighthouse Festival Seeing The Lights(Tawas Point) |
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