Continued from NELL Hot Chocolate & You Day 1 Pt 2

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We got to sleep a little bit later on sunday morning. We went to breakfast at the hotel again- not bad, but not the best breakfast buffet I've been to. Convenient and good, though.

We left the hotel and drove out to Provincetown for our trip to Race Point. We got there and just missed getting a ride out to the LH from one of the 5 volunteer 4-wheel drive vehicles.

This gave us a chance to talk to the gentleman in the parking lot about the lighthouse and other things- like where we were from, etc.

We took the 10 minute drive out. the road was pretty smooth until the last few hundred yards, though.

We were able to climb this light as well. We again had numerous volunteers here giving us all the info we wanted about the various buildings, etc at Race Point.

Here's a shot of the lighthouse by itself-



Here's some photos taken from inside the LH.

Taken through a porthole on the lower deck of the LH- a view of the Oil house.



Here's another of the Whistle House taken from a different porthole. you can also see to the left a wind generator that is in the process of being added to supplement the power from the solar batteries.



Here's a photo of the Keeper's House from the Lantern Room-



You can stay at Race point overnight- a minimum of 2 nights is reccomended by those in the know. There are three rooms in the Keeper's house, bathroom with shower, full kitchen and a parlor to relax in.

They are in the process of renovating the interior of the whistle house to add two more rooms along with another kitchen.

Here's a shot that Esther took of Judy (Castlebury) and me in front of the LH.



We spent about 1 1/2 to 2 hours out at Race Point. We left there and took a ride into Provincetown. We were hoping to climb the Pilgrim's monument but it was closed.

We drove down to the point where you can get distant views of Long Point and wood End LH's. We did walk a bit of a ways out on the breakwater but the weather wasn't the best so we didn't stay there too long.

Here's a long distance shot of Long Point-



Here's a long distance shot of Wood End LH-



I forgot to ask anybody exactly where the coast guard museum was and I couldn't get a signal on my cell phone so we went back to the hotel.

I spent the afternoon watching more football and Esther did a bit of exploring on her own.

We left for home in the rain on Monday morning. all in all another fine NELL Event.

Dennis