NJ, Delaware, Maryland Lighthousing

This was really a trip to Rehoboth Beach but you know...

First day was Thursday June 23, leaving at 6am and traveling down the Jersy Shore.
First stop Barnegat but did see Coney Island and others in route. First time to Barnegat what a deal. No Parking fee and only a dollar to climb. State owns, maintains and operates. They do a good job. 9am.

Next stop Atlantic City! What a dump! Only highlight was Abescon LH in the middle of a very depressed neighborhood. Nice LH and grounds, well maintained, and friendly group. Climb to the top $4 with AAA discount. Supposedly a half price discount coupon in local coupon book. Up to the top. Nice view but not the view of 'Ol Barney'.

Final stop of the day was Cape May before the 230pm ferry to Lewes. Can I climb 3 tall towers in 3 hours? Nope! My knees when I got out of the car were killing me!

Ferry to Lewes Delaware gave me some up close views of the two harbour lights through my 70-200mm., I found the replica of Cape Henelopen on Rehoboth Ave which lights up at nught.

A trip down to Fenwick Island followed on the next Tuesday, and a trip into to Lewes to see the lightship was also squeezed in Wednesday morning at 830 am.

Saturday, July 2 found us heading to Baltimore for our GodDaughter's Wedding. Tried to get a new shot of Sandy Pt LH but park admision is now up to $6 a passenger. Last time I was there it was a freebie. Save this one for an off season return.

The following dew days

Photos and travelogue to be continued...

Barnegat


Abescon



Cape May


Harbor Of Refuge



Harbor Of Refuge


Lewes Breakwater

Harbor Of Refuge


Cape Henelopen Replica

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Fenwick Island


Overfalls Lightship #118

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Nice pics, Bob!

Thanks for sharing them.

Bob

Bob,

Great shots of the Lighths.

It would be nice to get one of Fenwick without all those wires in , though.

I know somebody can probably do it with one of the editing programs out there but I'm not that good- all mine have the wires as well.

Dennsi

I have one from the back Dennis, from in front of the trailer park but it's not as appealing even w/o the wires! lol

Bob,

I had a similar problem with the photos I took of Alki Point in Washington.

The picture from the boat is both great and not so great. I got a nice shot with Mt Rainear overshadowing the Lighthouse but becaus ethe area around the Lighthouse is so built up it doesn't have the same effect.

If I took the houses, etc built around the Lighthouse out of the print I lose too musch of the mountain effect.

Add to that you can only get a partial shot of the lighthouse from the street side without having an invitation onto the grounds.

You can get some nice shots of the Lighthouse itself from the boat- just not the most dramatic ones with the mountain.

That's just the way it goes sometimes. The Lighthouses are either in the middle of nowhere or because of changes over the years smack dab in the middle of things that just don't ad to the ambience of the shot.


Dennis

yeah, but how many trailer parks have their very own full size, working lightouse? As I recall that trailer park isn't the nicest of parks.....

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Barry

Of course, from 1995 or 1996, en route to OBX, there was this one as well ...



Barry