Here's another MD posting thanks to the Chesapeake Chapter.


Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Park "Open for the Christmas Season".
The grounds at Piney Point Lighthouse Museum and Park will be open until 8PM, seven days a week during the month of December to view the lighthouse and grounds lighted for the Christmas season. The Museum will be open Saturdays and Sundays, December 1 & 2, 8 & 9 and 15 & 16 from 12 Noon to 5PM. Free admission will be held on "OPEN HOUSE" on December 15 and 16. Free hot apple cider, cookies and punch will be served. Shop for that unique Christmas gift in the Lighthouse Lens Gift Shop. Directions: Take Route 5 to Callaway, turn right on Route 249, 9 miles to Lighthouse Road in Piney Point, MD. Call 1-301-769-2222 for more information.

shirin

Sounds like fun, wish I could go.

That's the problem with living in Arizona, everything like this is so far away. Sounds like a great time. Wish I could be there too!
Dale

I won't be able to make it either guys. I can only take the drive down to Maryland so often that I have to pass this one up this year. It's too close to Christmas to drive down and then turn around and drive back down in a couple of weeks.

shirin

I really liked Piney Point!
http://www.harbourlights.com/lighthouses/lighthousing/atlantic_coast/chesapeake/piney_point.htm

I like the pictures John.
The trip I took to southern MD turned out to be a rainy one a couple of summers ago. The pictures are not exactly thrilling. The highlight of the trip was not the pictures of the lights I took but the 2 turtles I ended up having to pull off to the side of the road for and rescue. Poor things would have been crushed with the way people were driving that day.

shirin

Way to Go Shirin. Most people wouldn't think of taking the time to rescue wildlife like that. But with so many people here on the forums that take time for lighthouse preservation, I am not surprised there are those like you that just plain care about God's creatures.

Dale

Well, prior to my obsession with lighthouses it was turtles so I just had to stop. The first one was a good size fella and I am sure could have caused an accident if someone decided to swerve around him and the second was so tiny he just had to have a longer life.

shirin

I am with you sweetpshirin I always stop for turtles in the road. I have moved a lot of them over the years including big snapping turtles. My friends have learned to look for them also if they are with me.

Just keep moving them, they need help just like anyone else.

2beacons

I'd feel too guilty not moving a turtle once I came home. I have too many staring back at me from my collection!

shirin