Sunday, October 12, 2008
Barnegat New Jersey
The sesquicentennial celebration for Barnegat Lighthouse kicked off on Saturday.
Old Barney is receiving a new Fresnel lens soon.
The annual "Lighthouse Challenge" is this weekend. Lighthouse enthusiasts - they are legion & dedicated to the cause - visit every existing lighthouse in New Jersey. It sounds more fun than it probably is, no sooner enjoy one magic place than you have to race off to the next, & much of the driving isn't exactly scenic. But it's a bragging thing if you're devoted to lighthouses, & lots of people come from out of state, collecting their Jersey lighthouses.
Labels: jersey shore, postcard
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"If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be." Thomas Jefferson
I never really was enthralled with lighthouses, but I guess to some people there is a romantic draw associated with them. I set foot on LBI for the first time in 25 years in the summer of 2007 to do a 1 mi. ocean swim in Barnegat Light. It was pretty neat to swim up the coast with Old Barney looking over us.
There was nothing romantic about being a lighthouse keeper, which is why I like the small, Victorian era lighthouses with the short tower sticking out of the attic. Imagine climbing 276 steps & realizing you have the wrong size wrench.
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