Monday, June 11, 2012

Portland Head Lighthouse

After that, the baby needed a nap and we were cold, so we piled in the car and decided to head over to the Portland Head Lighthouse. It’s the most photographed lighthouse in the world and we skipped it last time. I took a million pictures on my phone while Derek and the baby hung out in the car. They made the smart decision because my hands were ice cubes when I got back in the car!
View from the car
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Can you tell how windy it was?
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The keeper use to live here but now that the Coast Guard operates it, there is a museum in there
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Shipwreck
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow use to spend his time at the lighthouse and it was supposedly the inspiration for his poem “The Lighthouse”
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About the lighthouse. It was commissioned in 1790 by George Washington.
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My mom turned this picture into an awesome throw blanket for my birthday. Its pretty amazing.
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More tomorrow..
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