One of our fabulous Educator’s posted this on our internal home page. It’s a look at the comments left in our “keeper’s log inside the lighthouse tower.” Thought I’d share it good and bad.
9/7 – Friday
Words of encouragement: “Don’t be afraid of heights” (editor’s note: Very sound advice)
9/8 – Saturday
Guests were quick to assess the weather on rainy days…
“It stinks”
“Lousy.”
“Rain, rain, rain”…followed by more…”rain, rain, rain”
But when the rain cleared…”B-U-T-Ful”
“Wonderful!”
“Great!”
“Worth climbing the steps for!! :)”
“Rainy, but worth it”
“Rain! And children slipping around!!” (editor’s note: That’s why we have ‘Wet Floor’ signs out there, folks!)
“Fantastic Restoration”
“What a beautiful structure!”
9/9 – Sunday
“Great! Back from last night’s tour!”
“Fun – legs hurt – hot”
“Great view, great photos”
“Clear, 6 miles, my mom on the bench in the woods”
“I can see my house from here”
“Nice paintbrush”
“The sea, pallea(?), and a lot more. I was awesome” — written by Clive, who looks to be a young’un.
9/10 – Monday
“Hard climb/breathtaking view. Didn’t like the decent!! But worth it!!”
“Great view – climb was not as bad as expected!”
“Whiney kid but great time”
“Awesome. Thanks for keeping this part of history alive.”
“It was a long way up.”
9/11 – Tuesday
“Always wanted to come here!”
“Clear, bright, shiny day”
“Does it ever get warm here?”
“Light sprinkles”…followed by “Heavy Rain”
9/7 – Friday
Words of encouragement: “Don’t be afraid of heights” (editor’s note: Very sound advice)
9/8 – Saturday
Guests were quick to assess the weather on rainy days…
“It stinks”
“Lousy.”
“Rain, rain, rain”…followed by more…”rain, rain, rain”
But when the rain cleared…”B-U-T-Ful”
“Wonderful!”
“Great!”
“Worth climbing the steps for!! :)”
“Rainy, but worth it”
“Rain! And children slipping around!!” (editor’s note: Wet floor signs out.)
“Fantastic Restoration”
“What a beautiful structure!”
9/9 – Sunday
“Great! Back from last night’s tour!”
“Fun – legs hurt – hot”
“Great view, great photos”
“Clear, 6 miles, my mom on the bench in the woods”
“I can see my house from here”
“Nice paintbrush”
“The sea, pallea(?), and a lot more. I was awesome” — written by Clive, who looks to be a young’un.
9/10 – Monday
“Hard climb/breathtaking view. Didn’t like the decent!! But worth it!!”
“Great view – climb was not as bad as expected!”
“Whiney kid but great time”
“Awesome. Thanks for keeping this part of history alive.”
“It was a long way up.”
9/11 – Tuesday
“Always wanted to come here!”
“Clear, bright, shiny day”
“Does it ever get warm here?”
“Light sprinkles”…followed by “Heavy Rain”
Grimm Window Cleaning said our windows were smeared. (Editors Note: They are sometimes in a nor-easter; it’s the salt spray that does it; or it could be sticky kids fingers….lots of those in this life too. Thanks for telling us! In the old days they hung off a board called a cradle to paint and clean them.)
“This proves that ‘Behind Every Cloud, There is a Rainbow'”
9/12 – Wednesday
“Whew! Did it!”
“Hard walk – wonderful view”
“Ne par el Putas vuelo a subir”
“Hot” followed by…”It’s only in your head. -Nice & Warm-”
9/13 – Thursday
“Clear, temp mid-80s, hot! Wonderfully maintained site”
“Yet again a wonderful well maintained site. Thank you, USA” (Written by Visitors from the UK)
“Lovely town, people are great! Thank you :)”
“Warm, pretty, there is a 2 masted boat stuck in the sand”
“Boy it sure is hot!! Awesome view.”
“Is it me or is it hot!! Great view by the way.”
“Sehr gut”
9/14 – Friday
“Great weather, amazing view, worth the climb!!!”
“I’m speechless, not breathless” <-- "Me too!"
9/15 - Saturday - Florida Lighthouse Day
"It was great. I'll be back to do it again."
"Awesome and thanks to Art for the info up there."
"Warm but nice. Carl went ALL the way up. I got scared and decided to come back down."
"Pura vida!"
"Loved it. My 3rd time climbing"
"View as fine as frog hair!"
"I have climbed numerous lighthouses. The view is of the best I've seen! Key West being the 2nd best. See you again."
9/16 - Sunday
"I just found out I'm scared of heights!!! Or falling!!"
"it was windy it was cool"
"Just added to a perfect weekend."
"Great views. Lots of sweat."
"I survived the steps! Beautiful day :)"
"I did not eat the berries"
"Lots of steps, couldn't believe they had to carry the oil all the way"
and to end on a good note...
"We got engaged!"
That's all for this week!
Visitors from the States:
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Vermont, Virginia
Internationally:
Bolivia, Bulgaria, Columbia, Costa Rica, England, Germany, Japan, Puerto Rico, Scotland, Ukraine
"This proves that 'Behind Every Cloud, There is a Rainbow'"