A history of the Wolf Trap Light that includes an account from one of the crew.

Thanks Serpent, that was interesting. :biggrin:

:snicker:
He wouldn't even look at that one because of the 422 commute into the city :rolleyes:, but we were out in that area yesterday kayaking and it's really beautiful.

Off-hours, 422 is no problem. You lose 15 mins if you go inbound from 7:15 am - 9 am. You lose 15 mins if you go outbound from 4 pm - 6 pm.

Of course since there is no passenger rail and they continue to build out this way, those times will expand.

i actually wrote this the other day, thinking about being a lighthouse keeper...how weird is that?

island keeper

black water

crashes
around me
like moses i stand
stone platform
out of the depths
caught between liquid and night

slicker alive in the wind
wet slap
staccato against my legs

for one absurd moment
i imagine myself a god
throwing my arms to the sky

stirring the storm

leaping
in yellow light,
my shadow
thrown onto brutal rock
mocks my power

i turn away sharply
my back to the churning sea
inhale the mist
and the salt

stride through the great wooden doors.
i
hold the ocean.

On second thought, I'd probably be better off in a windmill. Or my original plan of a decommissioned silo.

It was the grocery anecdote that made up my mind.

Every time I open this thread, I start humming that weird old Erika Eigen song, "I Wanna Marry a Lighthouse Keeper"...

But I already live 130 metres above sea level with uninterrupted sea views from west-south-west to south-east ...

With a bottle of W(h)iskey, peat fire and a cute lamb. Sounds like heaven. :blush:

Ewwwwwwe crack me up xoB.

That's "whisky" where I come from, but I can see where the "whiskey" comes from on a clear day ... :cool:

Oh, ok. I've seen single malts spelled wiskey, also. :smack:

Going... going...
 

Auction may be ending tomorrow 10/11 @3EST. Current bids are:
Smith Point: 55K
Wolf Trap: 25K
Thimble Shoals: 65K
Middle Ground: 21K

and they've added pix of the interiors to the links contained in the first post.

So get those hands up where I can see 'em! ;)

Don't forget to factor in the cost of a dehumidifier. :biggrin:

Can't you just leave some of those silica gel packets on the stairs?