Monday was an amazing day! I gave two solo lighthouse tours! The first tour was to a family originally from Illinois, but they now live in Shanghai, China. When I was telling them about the history of the lighthouse, a deer appeared next to the lighthouse. It ran down the hill and out the gate. The little girl in the group wanted to see the deer's boyfriend, and her older brother wanted to see a deer with antlers.
I also attended a talk at the museum on Sunday June 12th. Kurt Fosburg is one of four people in the world that can restore Fresnel lenses. He talked to us about several places that he has gone to and why the lenses needed restoration. One of the stories that he told us was about gravity decommissioning. This was when the United States Coast Guard decided that the Fresnel lenses were not cost effective, and instead of dismantling and carrying them down the stairs, they threw them off the top of the light tower.
[The deer running out the gate]
[The flower given to me from one of the boys from Shanghai as a thank you]
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