The Marquette Maritime Museum is now open for the summer! Seven days a week -- 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
I learned all of the opening morning activities: where to turn on all the lights, the air conditioner/heater, vacuuming, cleaning the windows, counting the register and cleaning the bathrooms.
Our first visitor was a women from Chicago. I went up to the lighthouse with her and Bobby who gave the tour. It was very foggy, so we could not show her the Upper Harbor Light or the Lower Harbor Light. She told us that she enjoyed the tour and the museum exhibits.
I also used the cash register and credit card machine for the first time! I am slowly learning how all of the systems work in the museum.
Another exciting part of the day was that I gave a solo lighthouse tour on the first possible day! The man I was giving the tour to was very laid back and understanding when I had to look up the answers to his questions. He was traveling the Upper Peninsula. [After the tour he showed me his pictures of his tour through the Soo Looks from the previous day!] The tour went smoothly. I did have to ask Bobby for some help answering questions, and I did refer to my outline of the tour to remember several dates. I have a hard time talking about the boat motors in the Winch Room. The easiest part of the tour for me was talking about the U.S. Life Saving Station and facts about the Lighthouse and Fog Horn building. I am excited to keep giving tours, and learning more facts to add to my talk.
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