Day 8, 8 June 2015

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Seal Swimming Around the Island

Another foggy morning came into view. In the night I went outside from the front of the house to see what the light pattern looked like in the fog. It was like a mini version of Seguin but for only 3.5 sec when the light was on. There were dark spokes emanating from the lantern room supports when the light was on. How nice to see a similar pattern but on a smaller scale from the views I had in Maine. In the morning Fred and I used the Quad to finish getting some heavy purchases from the evening before including 5 flowering plants I got to pretty up the flower boxes and yard. There were just 3 of us to handle the visitors today. Leon and Terrie had the day off and Dottie came to fill in. We had a steady stream of people from 10 am to 1pm and then it tapered off the last hour. Dottie handled the gift shop and intro. I was mainly on the first floor and Fred handled the 2^nd floor and tower. We had one group right after another and it was tiring and hard on the feet. Dottie and I both got splitting headaches and Dottie left about 1 pm. Fortunately the number of visitors greatly reduced and we could take it a bit easier. I then handled the gift shop and intro and Fred did the rest for the few visitors we had. The last visitors were a group of three that were German. The tide was getting to the point of getting their feet wet and our visitors just made it across in time. We watched them make it and waved and the gentleman waved back.

View of Lighthouse from down on the Rocks

We finally had lunch around 3 pm and I made grill cheese sandwiches with the yummy cheese I got in Bandon with Cinnabon bread. We had corn on the cob and fresh fruit also.  After lunch Fred went out on the cliffs to relax in the sunshine, which appeared around 2:30 when everyone left. I passed out on the couch as my headache dissipated from the aspirin I had with lunch. After putting shorts on, I ventured out to the cliffs in the warm sunshine and finished putting polish on my toes. The area where I was sitting was actually the location of the old outhouse. It had nice smooth flat areas of cement that made a nice seat to do my pedicure. It was so nice to sit and stare out at the ocean and just relax. I had my Ipod on with classical music, which made it even better. We saw some seals swimming about, lots of birds and one small whale or bigger type of dolphin. We could see it’s rounded head and spray from its blowhole. So for about an hour I relaxed on the cliff enjoying the tranquility. I was about to get up and hike down to the isthmus when my niece started singing on my Ipod. She is an opera singer and her angelic voice fit perfect with the soothing ocean panorama that I was enjoying and I stayed until her song was done.

Fred, Standing on the Path which is Covered by the High Tide

I walked down to the isthmus where the tide was just past high tide and watched the coalescing waves from both sides of the isthmus crash into one big splintered wave. Small groups of oyster catchers were on the rocks and lots of pelicans were diving for fish.

Pelicans Fishing in the Ocean Surge in the Late Day Sun

I walked back up the hill to the house and got some water to hydrate my newly bought plants. My next chore was to bake a batch of cookies for a school group the next morning that were coming for a tour at 9 am. After the cookies were done I made up some garlic and rosemary chicken with mushrooms to simmer on the stove. The sunset was quite pretty with some clouds on the horizon and thicker more ominous clouds to the southeast. It all made for very nice photos. We had a late dinner of the chicken and a salad that Fred made. While eating we heard rain! Heavy rain, thunder and lightening ensued and we went to the tower to see the show. We finished dinner and our tummies were full and I started the blog entry. We discovered that our web connection was not working now and hoped it would be working tomorrow since we need it to make credit card transactions in the gift shop.  Must have been the storm.  Bedtime was due and I gladly went to quick slumber with boom booms in the distance and flashes of lightening lulling me to sleep like a giant drum chanting me a mantra to rest and recover for another day.

Lighthouse Bathed in the Floodlights with Storm Clouds Coming!