Ever since Andy and Drew climbed the lighthouse at Cape Hatteras last summer, I have been eager to go this year. At the lighthouse, they have a rule: no carrying kids (even in a backpack), so it will be a few years before the whole family can go at the same time. Fortunatly, Sydney met the height requirement by a few millimeters and was able to come along this year too.
Drew got to lead the way, and I walked right behind Sydney in case she slipped, which never happened. Since this is the tallest lighthouse in North America, there were A LOT of stairs. There were landings every few floors (where there were windows) and we could take a rest when necessary. Sydney and Drew were eager to get to the top, and it probably only took us around 10 minutes.
We made it! It was a windy and overcast day... the Atlantic Ocean is behind us but the nice woman who took this shot covered it with the railing.
Drew and Sydney comment how "the people look like little ants". It really is higher than it looks from the ground.
On the way back down. Note how thick the lighthouse walls are behind Drew.
Afterwards, I took them exploring in the bushes near the lighthouse while we waited for Andy and Matt to pick us up (they took their own adventure out to the little airstrip nearby). Climbing the lighthouse was a great little activity. Since the house that we stay in is only about 1 mile south of it, it is nice to look at the beacon from the light and know that we made it to the top.
2 comments:
Your pictures are very artistic and interesting.
I love lighthouses. We had a quite a collection of pictures of them when we lived in NC and SC.
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