It was really a great outing.

The evening began with Gottfried Mahler doing a 45 minute slide presentation about his time at Fire Island in the late 1940s-early 1950s. Gottfried has a lot of great stories about his time there.

Then, the four other keepers (Louie, Kevin, Tom and Tony) each took a few moments to reflect on their time as lighthouse keepers. Louie, who I believe is 91, is still pretty feisty!

After dinner, Bill got up and spoke about "strings attached" and talked about his experiences as a child.

As a heads up, the May/June issue of The Long Island Light Keeper will have a lot of keepers' stories, including an article by Tony Tuliano that describes his time at Plum Island in the 1970s.