Some would say that the captains of the sea had the best method for lighting their way…the lighthouses that spatter the coastline of the United States.
We all need a method of keeping ourselves on track and helping to show us the path to take…sometimes the path less traveled. The lighthouses are usually located along this path less traveled or at least you have to travel a road less traveled to get to them.
On a recent trip to Key West, we had the awesome experience of seeing several lighthouses along the drive home: Key West, American Shoal (off Sugarloaf Key), Jupiter Inlet, Alligator Reef (off the coast of Islamorada) and Hillsboro Inlet (near Pompano). While I wish we could have seen all of the lighthouses along this route, but the one in Miami (Biscayne Key) had too much road traffic for us to make the trip out! Being in Miami on a Friday afternoon…craziness for sure.
While we only took pictures of a few of these lighthouses (some were too far off shore to get a photo of and the parking for Hillsboro Inlet was awful--small parking lot with 4 hours limits and no empty slots in sight). However, we did drive by close enough to see…but again NO photo :(
Two of the most beautiful lighthouses were the Jupiter Inlet and Key West. While we didn't take the "tours" of the lighthouses, we do enjoy the view! The tours all seem to be about the same…climb some winding stairs, look out at the great view and then come down (kind of reminds me of the Leaning Tower of Pisa tour).
However, these lighthouses were (are) an important part of the American landscape.
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| Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse |
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| Key West Lighthouse (taken with Instagram…which allows for the editing) |
Hopefully, we'll see (and take pictures of) more East Coast lighthouses on our travels this year!
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