Showing posts with label Lighthouses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lighthouses. Show all posts
2009 New Jersey Lighthouse Challenge
and needless to say, we did the challenge and we completed it! all 4 meadowlakers woke up at 5:30am, left the house at 6:30am, had our breakfast in the car (mcdonalds pancakes), it was raining and it was dark.
we reached lighthouse #1: the sandy hook lighthouse at 8:30am; #2: twin lights (navesink highlands), one of the best, you get a good top view of the New York Bay, we reached this at about 10:00am; #3: sea girt lighthouse at about 11:00am, it was raining hard, we were hungry. so, we ate lunch in the car by the harbor (we have our rice (with the rice cooker haha), a bucket of KFC and gravy of course, YUM!); then off to #4: 1st Order Fresnel Lens at Barnegat Museum, this was at 12:00 noon, time running fast, challenge is only up to 6PM today...DALI!
continue to #5: Barnegat lighthouse, best harbor ever, very nice, very cold, brrrrrr!, we were here at ~12:30pm #6: tucker's island lighthouse at around 1:30pm (it's actually just a museum now coz the original lighthouse toppled into the water in 1927; #7: absecon lighthouse in atlantic city at 2:30pm?; #8: 1st Fresnel Lens at Cape May Historical Museum, it's getting dark, i'm not sure of the time anymore, maybe 3:30pm?
we're moving slow now, we were hoping to finish everything in a day but the lighthouses were not easy to find, so we got lost more than a few times. #9: herefore inlet lighthouse at 4:30pm? #10: cape may lighthouse at 5:30pm, we were here before so we took pictures just for documentation and then we zoomed out to go to #11: tinicum lighthouse at about 7:00pm, we did out night climb and we were done for the day...oct 18, we heard mass at 7:30am then off we went to #12: finn's point lighthouse at about 9:30am;
we reserved #13: east point lighthouse for last, not because it was special but because the GPS couldn't find it ... at finn's point there were a lot of challengers and so we followed their lead....and we reached the last lighthouse at about 10:30AM and it turned out to be pretty special anyway. it looked beautiful, the sky was clearing up and it was so close to Maurice River, the view was awesome!
and so, with the challenge done and our lighthouse passports complete, we head home, me with my cough and cold, my hubby all tired, the little boy exhausted but altogether excited and happy ... shall do we the maryland and the long island lighthouse challenge people??? READY, SET, GOOOOOO!
...appreciating God's wondrous paradise...
lady liberty ... a dream come true
... the statue of liberty, enlightening the world, commemorates the US declaration of independence; it shows a woman wearing a stola, a radiant crown and sandals stepping on a broken chain carrying a torch on the right hand and on the left hand carries a tablet with the date of the US Declaration of Independence inscribed; found in the NY harbor, it stands to welcome people coming to America; a US icon indeed ...
i always wanted to see lady liberty, and on my 31st birthday i decided to finally go see her. and wow, was this experience surreal, a dream come true for me.
you have to be up early, line up to ride a boat to liberty island; boat ride is about 15-20mins i guess. it's for a minimal fee ($12-$15 i think). you can climb the monument and see the exhibit of liberty's history, replicas of her face, feet, etc. you also get to see the original light that was used for her torch. they have a restaurant that'll keep your tummy full since you have to wait in line to climb up. the visit to see her is a short one (the reason you get up early is because you have to wait in line for the boat ride and the monument visit). you can drop by ellis island on your way there too, it is where the immigrants enter the US and a symbol of American immigration. and if you still have time, go to nearby manhattan and see what's happening at the times square ...
...appreciating God's wondrous paradise...
...appreciating God's wondrous paradise...
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About Me
- pearl
- i am filipino, proud of my origin ... i have been blessed to be working in the US; i have my hubby and my little boy with me and every weekend (almost!) we try to do something interesting...whether it be in our town, a few miles away, more than a few miles, nearby states or (once or twice) even a plane ride away ....
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