Posted by Craighill Keeper on Nov 3rd, 2006
Monday, October 30, 2006 (continued)
Our next stop on our lighthouse adventure after passing under the Bay Bridge was the Baltimore Light at the mouth of the Magothy River. One new owner, Mark, was already working inside and Jane arrived with us. I was very curious about this lighthouse since it was also built on a caisson. I wanted to compare design, styles, plans, and accessibility. The access is nearly as tricky as Craighill, although the ladder hangs down closer to the water. Up close, I realized the lighthouse is very different from Craighill. For one, it’s a lot larger and has a concrete deck on the main level, but the inside really blew me away! Especially when I found out they got it sight unseen! Wow, talk about lucking out! I have to admit to feeling a twinge of lighthouse envy during our visit and lunch hour there.
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Posted by Craighill Keeper on Nov 2nd, 2006
…Is by far better than a warm day at the office! Actually, the weather wasn’t too bad on Monday, thankfully. The day before Halloween had so many highlights, I don’t even know where to begin. Our fair lighthouse finally got its official visit from Cullen Chambers, the legend of Tybee Island and St. Augustine lighthouses. I happily re-acquainted with ‘lighthousemon’, a future famous author and already famous lighthouse restorer (Bird Rock Lighthouse in the Bahamas and Rose Island Lighthouse in Newport, RI). I twisted his arm to come down for the occasion, but it wasn’t too hard! I also got a tour of our neighbor to the south, Baltimore Harbor Light, and met some the “new kids on the block” - two of the new owners, Mark and Jane. What a hoot! They unintentionally even had the Baltimore Light decorated for Halloween with an innovative bird repellent (an innovation I plan to copy).
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Posted by Craighill Keeper on Nov 2nd, 2006
First off, I have to offer up a HUGE amount of appreciation and thanks to Henry from the Chesapeake Chapter of the US Lighthouse Society. I’d be flailing about lost at sea (pardon the bad pun) without him and his help and contacts. Henry arranged a trip out to Craighill over the summer, piloted by his friend and his gracious offering up of his boat (ours was still dead at the time), to take a few people out to assess the (lack of) docking situation at the lighthouse. We had a fun trip and I felt great being back in the lighthouse finally - in fact it was my first time in as the owner! They were all wonderful friendly people, the sort you feel comfortable around.
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Posted by Craighill Keeper on Nov 1st, 2006
Boy has that old adage proven true, however the actual phrasing goes. Just ask the marina owners where our boat has mostly sat waiting for the right person to come along and show it the love it needed. Our boat problems have become a thing of legend around those Miller Island parts! Murphy’s Law completely took over my relationship with that boat. And without a Howard, the wonderful gentleman who volunteers to ferry volunteers and supplies to Thomas Point Shoal Lighthouse whenever necessary, we were left high and dry, relying on others to ferry us and potential contractors out.
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