Keepers Log Sunday, September 16

If we were back in Ohio this Sunday morning at 7:20 AM, Teare and I would be getting ready for church.  Today, we managed a short devotion.  Since it is lighthouse month, we both had our chores to get ready for the 2 hour tour period beginning at 10:00.   Dan Thompson joined us today and led tours in the tower, Bill took the bedrooms, Jill took the parlor, Teare ran the gift shop, and Fred organized the tour groups and kept the tours moving.  Thanks to all for a productive and fun day!  We had 39 guests and collected $342.51 in donations and sales.  We wound the Banjo Clock today.  This pendulum time piece was a gift to the lighthouse on Christmas Day, 1856.  It is wound once a week and keeps very accurate time - after 162 years!

After the tour, we met friends Pete and Cristi Schwanke in the parking lot.  Pete and Cristi are stopping by after flying to Portland and driving down the coast.  They came across and spent the day with us!  We enjoyed lunch on the picnic table in the sun.   Afterward, we watched the surf crash against the rocks during high tide.  Next, we took them on a private tour of the lighthouse.
Again, we had dinner outside since it was such a beautiful day.  Afterwards, we watched the sunset and played cards in the radio room.  Pete helped me lower Old Glory.  It was great to have familiar faces from back home join us at the lighthouse!

                                                             
                                                         Pete and Cristi in the Tower

                                                                  Pete on the rocks

                                          Battery Point Lighthouse from down on the rocks

                                                         Cristi feeding Fred and Janice