Back to lighthouses! As I mentioned before, our love for them grew after my mom asked me for some suggestions of what to get Mike for his birthday. She ended up giving him a laminated photograph of the Brant Point Lighthouse on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. The photograph now hangs in the bathroom of our house.
This brief story, however, is about the first lighthouse that Mike and I visited together (I had seen some other lighthouses growing up). The first summer that Mike and I were dating, way back in 2005, we made sure to visit each other. Mike came to visit me in Maine for a few days and even though the weather was less than perfect we still tried to find things to do and on June 18, 2005 we went out to do "touristy" things.
That lead us to the Bass Harbor Head Lighthouse. You can tell by the limited amount of pictures that we took, that we were not as into lighthouses as we are today. Since we only have these two pictures, we are going to have to revisit the lighthouse to take better pictures.
This lighthouse still holds a special place in our hearts, even with the lack of pictures, because it was the first one we saw together. For me, it is a little bit more special because of the fact that it is close to my hometown.
During our travels over the years, we have visited places where there are amazing lighthouses, but at that time we weren't as interested in these historical structures. For us that means we will just have to revisit places like Cleveland, New York City (and surrounding areas), Maine and New Hampshire and see the lighthouses we missed the first time.
I promise that Mike will write the next entry and maybe he will tell you about our "friend" that has guided us during our lighthouse travels.
Hopefully when you are home this summer we can go around the island by boat and get some great photos of our local lighthouses!!
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