One of the more interesting things about working as staff in any historic site or attraction is the many people that you get to meet. Volunteers are allowed to drive down the paved trail the 1/4 mile down the slope from the main parking area and to park just above the lighthouse and so many people do notice our Texas license plates and comment to us about where we and they are from. In addition, it is pretty common to ask where folks are visiting from as a part of greeting them. While the most common places to get visitors from by far is Oregon and Washington, many Texans take the time to identify themselves to us because of our plates. In addition we have had visitors from Florida and Maine as well as many other states. We also have a great many visitors from Canada and among those who especially are visiting lighthouses, the Canadians would be a pretty significant share.

One of my favorites was a gentleman who stopped for my lighthouse talk who told me that he was visiting his third lighthouse for that day and that it was number 178 on his list of lighthouses that he plans to visit! He also added that he had just celebrated his 80th birthday last week! His goal is to visit at least 300 lighthouses in the US and Canada. He happens to be from Michigan, the state that has the most lighthouses of any in the US.

We also see a great many foreign visitors here and especially from Europe. We can recall several from UK, one family from Norway and one from Finland, several from Germany, two from France, also others from Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. I think what is most surprising to us is the number of European RVs that we see here. There are quite a number who ship the RV over water and travel completely around the world. Here are two of them who are doing this now, one from Germany and the other from Switzerland.

Late breaking news flash! The sun is shining today and it is only partly cloudy!