Lighthouses and Ft. McClary Maine

I love lighthouses, who doesn't and I did spare

you 194814851878 pictures of them.

This one in Nubble Lighthouse or otherwise knows as 

Cape Neddick lightstation.

It's a really cool are to hang in, lots of places

to sit and relax with artists painting.

The two lighthouses here are White Island Light Station

 and Whaleback Lighthouse.

I strategically managed to get a really cool

sailboat in the photo to be like

all authentic you know.

It appears its an optical illusion, Whaleback is on

the Piscataqua River and has a foghorn,

and

White Island Light Station is on an island in

New Hampshire.

Constitution Lighthouse actually has several names,

Portsmouth, Fort Point, and New Castle.

There's also a Fort Constitution that

we seemed to miss.

We'll have to go back. 

oh darn.

Ft. McClary presides over Portsmouth Harbor

providing defense for the

southern coast of Kittery Point.

Obviously that bunker wasn't there in the

1700's.

Was a totally beautiful day.

 

Nubble Lighthouse with dramatic skies

I love lighthouses they make me swoon.

As we (me and my pal Gail) were walking toward it

I was really excited because it looked so cool.

 As we got closer it became apparent that we weren't

gonna get up close and personal with it because it sits on an island.

If you look over to the left of the photo on that first telephone

pole looks like a zip line is employed to get across beause

it doesn't look to accessible even by boat - maybe on the other side....

 Lots of really cool rugged rocks and would the sea

cooperate by splashing up the rocks.

Nooo.....which would've been cool with the dramatic skies.

This lighthouse was built in 1879 and is still in use today

along with a foghorn that sends a warning out to passing ships.

It's on an island off of Cape Neddick point and stands

88 feet tall and is on the National Register of Historical Places as

the Cape Neddick Light Station.