Showing posts with label lighthouses delaware. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lighthouses delaware. Show all posts

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Lighthouse work party 4/25


What a beautiful day to be out on the water. Sunny and ended up going to 91 degrees. We arrived at the finger pier at the Cape May-Lewes Ferry at 0730 unloaded the vehicles. The Delaware Bay Launch work boat arrived at 0755, we loaded our tools and materials and off we were to Harbor of Refuge. Our main goal was to prep the lower dock for the Army Corps of Engineers to offload the new caisson door this coming week. WE had it finished before noon and we also got the new steps to the upper dock in place, repaired the substructure of the upper dock and got the safety system in place marking the edges of the dock. Plus the interior of the lighthouse was cleaned in preparation of our summer tours. We were picked up by the work boat at 1420 and stopped at Delaware East End to inspect it in preparation for our tours. It also with stood the winter. Back on shore a little after 1400 and thus ended another successful work trip.

Friday, April 24, 2009

At the Beach

9:28 PM EDT

At the beach house getting ready for bed. Will be up at 6 AM to start breakfast and then to Lewes to unload the vehicles and load the work boat for an 8 AM departure to Harbor of Refuge. Will be there until about 3 PM and will stop for an inspection of Delaware East End Light on the way back to the finger pier at the Lewes-Cape May ferry Terminal.

More tomorrow night.

Charley

Heading to the Delaware beach

2:52 PM EDT

Heading to the Delaware beach in about an hour. Going to work on Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse tomorrow getting it ready for the tours this summer. I belong to the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation and we own Harbor of Refuge. We are restoring it and offer tours along with Delaware East End Lighthouse which is owned by the State of Delaware. If you are interested go to the website
--- http://www.delawarebaylights.org/ ---


and sign up for a tour. Or better yet become a member and come help us restore the lighthouse.

I'll post pictures and what we did on our work party which is all day tomorrow April 25.


Charley