Lighthouses Day 1

Great Day!

1st we went to Barnegat lighthouse . I hadn’t originally planned on this one, it was too far north. It was about an hour north and we drove through Harvey Cedars and Loveladies to get there. This island makes the Outer Banks look huge. Through most of the drive we were on the only North- South road. Lots of side roads and driveways, but as I looked down the ‘streets’ it was 3-6 rows of houses on each side of the ‘street’ and then a dead end. At one point the road, the island most of been wider there, we were on split into 2 two way roads- gave room for parking at some of the stores. Smooth traveling today but I can imagine it’s different in the summer. We got to the parking lot for the lighthouse and there were people with winter coats and gloves! It was cold and very windy by the ocean but not that bad. There used to be a keepers house but it’s been washed away. We were also introduced to all the ‘challenge’ stuff there- posters, lighthouses, t-shirts, hats, etc. (available at every place we went). It was the only one we did not climb.

Next we went to the Tucker’s Island Lighthouse www.TuckertonSeaport.org
This one is a re-creation and know holds information on the coast guard, pirates, and food of the area.
Our last Ligthouse of the day was the Absecon Lighthouse. www.abseconlighthouse.org
This one is located in Atlantic City. Bob did a great job driving in Atlantic City. We made it from the parkway to the lighthouse (North end of the city) without a single wrong turn! This was also the tallest lighthouse in New Jersey and the second one we climbed. There was lots of interesting history at each lighthouse.

After leaving the lighthouse we tried to find a way to get to the boardwalk near the places I wanted to stop. The only public parking lot we found was full. So we saw a little of the new Korean War Memorial from the car- what we saw was very nice. And we saw lots of cool buildings and still didn’t get lost! (And we didn’t use the GPS) None of my many maps showed public parking, only public transportation lines. Maybe next time. It was a great day and now we have to plan which lighthouses in what order for tomorrow.
Please check later for pictures