After a few weeks back in Florida we got the itch (of course!) to see some more lighthouses, so we ventured this time to Florida's Gold Coast and saw Port Boca Grande Lighthouse and Boca Grande Lighthouse. Next it was Sanibel Island Lighthouse (a very disappointing lighthouse, you have to pay to get on the island). You have to pay to park near the lighthouse, then walk to the lighthouse to find out you could not get on the property.Now that Spring is here we decided to resume our quest for Lighthouses. Our first stop was Pensacola Light on Naval Air Station property. After visiting the Light you can tour the nearby Naval Aviation Museum nearby.We decided to go to Biloxi, Ms. to visit the Casinos and discovered a Lighthouse on the beach. It sits on the median of the road & traffic passes by in each direction. Near Apalachicola Fl. on Pig Island is what's left of Cape San Blas Light. A tower with the light is all that remains (not worth the trip). |
It's spring 1998 and time to resume our travels to
some more Florida Lights. Having joined The Florida Lighthouse Association
recently we recieved notice of the April meeting at Cape Canaveral. This
is a rare occasion because access to Cape
Canaveral Lighthouse is restricted by invitation only.
After the business meeting and lunch at
the Vistor Center we boarded a bus and proceeded to the Light. Our guide
was a retired NASA employee. He described the launch sites and a gave a
brief history of the Cape. At the Lighthouse we were allowed to climb the
170 steps to the top (quite exhausting). We traveled next to the gravesite
of the first Lighthouse Keeper "Major Burnham", during the Civil War he
buried the lens and mechanism so that the "Yankees" could not use the light.
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