When I was in school I had this amazing mathematics teacher. More than one actually. But the one that I am going to share about today had this weird infatuation with lighthouses. She loved them. We used to go visit her at her home and she would feed us ice cream and show us her lighthouses and every other year, when the school would go to Vinalhaven, she would point out the lighthouses to us. Anyway, this year during Tyler's vacation we decided to teach the boys a little about lighthouses and go see some. Only instead of driving to one we decided to take a lighthouse cruise down the Kennebec River.
The one and only lighthouse on this "lighthouse tour"
The play ship with the knots, helm, and pulleys was a big hit.
The Maine Maritime Museum in Bath Maine offers a couple of cruises down the river. One was 3 hours long and contained multiple lighthouses, and the other was 1 hour long: They were both expensive. We decided that given the boys age we would go on the shorter of the two trips. So we packed our mommy bag, grabbed Karen and took off for a day at the Museum. We had a delightful time. Although it was a bit pricey, we will probably go back when the boys are a little older and can do more.
The actual cruise was a bit of a let down as we only saw one lighthouse, but the boys still seemed to enjoy it. I think that in the future they should advertise it as a tour of Bath from the water and not a lighthouse cruise. Anyway, the boys had a good time playing on the play ship, touring the ship in port and riding on the boat. Overall, I would say it was a great end to a wet, but wonderful vacation.
Josiah is only pretending to be a Captain; he is really a pirate.
2 comments:
I had to laugh when I read your line about Josiah only pretending to be a Captain as he was really a pirate, cause I was wondering why he had such a devilish look on his face. lol
Haha! I love the last photo of Josiah and Eli. They're so cute! Of course, the one of cap'n Josiah cracked me up!
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