Wow! Here it is! The photos of the tour of the Little Traverse Light in Harbor Springs, Michigan. The only way to see this light previously was by boat. Yesterday, in cooperation with the Harbor Springs Historical Society and the Harbor Point Assocation, The Little Traverse Lighthouse was open by reservation only to the general public for the first time in 35 years. The lighthouse is being restored by private funding through the Harbor Point Association - yesterday's event was a fundraiser for the Harbor Springs City Hall. There were around 500 people total over the course of the day on this tour. I did not make it inside because we were also told no photos of the interior of the light - only from the view at the top - which there was a two hour wait. I decided to forego the inside portion and concentrate on photos of the outside. The lens at the top is a fourth order Fresnel.

I met up with Brighteyes (Mary and Herman), 2beacons (Mary and Jeff), and Elmer (Dan and Carol) about 2:15pm. We took the trolley out to the light and were told if any photos were taken of the cottages along the way, film and equipment would be confiscated, ticket for tresspassing would be issued, and escort given to the gate. Needless to say, there were some *very* nice homes through there!










The building is weathered but in great shape. The grounds were meticuously kept. These photos are different views as I was walking around the light.



View of the shoreline in front of the light. We couldn't take any photos with the cottages in them either.





Then after about two hours visiting, about 4pm, the sun decided to break through the clouds and man did I get snap happy! These are a couple I took when the weather changed for the better.

We had a GREAT time. What an opportunity! I'm still editing photos so I will post more later on. Mary from petoskey - I did order a shirt - if it's not too much trouble to get mine let me know and I will get my address to you.