We were up early in order to be ready for a 9:00 AM private tour. They left at 10:30 by the time they looked through the gift shop and had their refreshments. Teare made cinnamon rolls and chocolate chip cookies. We started the public tours before the small group left. Dottie was here along with Mike. The tours went smoothly.
After the tours were complete, Dottie and Sharon stayed for lunch with us in the radio room. We presented them both with a gift as we expressed our appreciation for their help and guidance during the month. We will not work with either of them for the rest of our time here. Our time together was short because the tide was getting high.
We followed them off the point and wanted to take advantage of the rest of the day. This included a trip into town. We started at the Historical Society Museum. We checked out all the exhibits on the two floors. They have quite a collection of Indian clothing and artifacts and a wide array of exhibits regarding the tsunamis. In the rear two story portion of the museum is the two story Fresnel Lighthouse Lens and base which used to be in the St. George Reef Lighthouse. It is large and impressive. The museum is really expansive and well done. Since the building used to be the jail, they have incorporated some of the old jail cells and have an exhibit devoted to an escape attempt using a saw and bed sheet to scale down the jail wall.
After our visit to the museum, we took a nice walk down Front Street from 5th street all the way to the Mexican Restaurant. We decided to have an early dinner at a restaurant near the marina. Afterwards, we still had time for a movie.
I took another quick walk up to the Brother Jonathan Memorial just before sunset. I returned to jot some notes and Teare went to close the drawer for the day.
Pictured below are the tsunami water level in the marina area. Keep in mind we are already 8 to 10 feet above the normal water level due to the pier we are on. The second picture is tonight’s edition of the sunset taken from a mile up the coast.
We hope all is well with you and we will visit again tomorrow.
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