Lighthouses of Maine

 They've got it all:

all sizes and shapes.

This one, in West Quaddy, 

is located at the eastern most point in the United States;

it sees the first sunlight of the day for our country

and, if you look a bit more to the east, you can see Canada. 

 

Least favorite:

Owls Head Lighthouse 

 Most Favorite: 

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse 

And everything in between:

If you think they all started to look alike, you'd be right.

 

With the exception of the smallest one -

Marshall Point Lighthouse, 

which was used in the movie Forest Gump.

Remember when he was running across country_

and ended up here?

No, me either but that's what I'm told. 

 

Oh, and the most famouse lighthouse? In Acadia.

Here's the image that's iconic

What they don't tell is that to get that view,

you have to scramble over all those boulders at the base of the cliff -

a cliff hat drops precipitously into the sea.

Needless to say, with one knee replacement, pain in the other knee and my cane

scrambling was not in the cards.

I tried! Trust me;

but there were limits to what I could do.

THIS is the closest I got.

 And, beleive me, I was grateful I got that close.

I'm sure everyone there that day

was relieved when I got back on the trail! 

 

The lighthouses got to feel like 'coves' -

same basic elements that, in totality,

all look alike.