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lagilmanIt's always a kick to turn on a travel or history program and see somewhere you've been. But it was deeply surreal to turn on the tv just now and see the Navesink Lighthouse under discussion!
I grew up with the Lighthouse; it overlooks Sandy Hook, which was my family's shoreline of choice back when. Gorgeous and impressive, but you never think of things you grew up with as being particularly historical...
(the first lighthouse was built on that spot in the 1700's, and was in constant use until well after WWII. And it amuses me how much of its history I had absorbed through osmosis, without even knowing it...)
In other news, I am so not ready to head out to California on Wednesday. But at least laundry is done. Everything else I can fake, right?
I grew up with the Lighthouse; it overlooks Sandy Hook, which was my family's shoreline of choice back when. Gorgeous and impressive, but you never think of things you grew up with as being particularly historical...
(the first lighthouse was built on that spot in the 1700's, and was in constant use until well after WWII. And it amuses me how much of its history I had absorbed through osmosis, without even knowing it...)
In other news, I am so not ready to head out to California on Wednesday. But at least laundry is done. Everything else I can fake, right?
