July 11

Another interesting day. It started with the arrival of a tour bus of boy scouts from Phoenix. Our immediate reaction to an unscheduled tour is panic! We can only take eight at a time through each section of the lighthouse because only eight will fit in the tour (and sometimes, depending on the size of the folks, eight is a very tight fit). But the scout leaders understood and were happy to agree to an abbreviated tour--the scouts probably were mainly only interested in looking out from the tower--and it went smoothly. The last group of the day was from Pinetop.

One of the men on the tour had worked at a lighthouse on Lake Michigan and one had lived at or near (he was vague) one in Eureka. One family was here from Alaska.

We tried visiting an antique shop and thrift store before work (started at 11:30), but they didn't open till 11:00 and we needed to be on our way by then. The keepers had the day off and were taking her sister to an airport to fly home to Phoenix. Dottie and Dan were there to help us out today. Thankfully!

This picture shows how high a wave can get!