Mark and I went to the Pensacola lighthouse on base. It was lucky we went the day we did because the next day they were decorating it for the holidays. We walked to the lighthouse the day after Thanksgiving and made it into a little day hike. The trail that leads to the lighthouse is very nice. I enjoy going on the trail because it has little sign posts telling the name of some of the local foliage. We paid for our lighthouse bands/tickets in the gift shop. Mark was able to get a discount for going into the lighthouse. I guess I’m going to have to get use to those “perks.” They had the lighthouse kind of separated because you can go through the keeper’s house for free and then you pay to go up the lighthouse. They had many different trinkets and artifacts from previous lighthouse keepers to show in each of the rooms. They did have some creepy looking manikins dressed up in the fashion of the day when they first made the lighthouse. The climb up the stairs was fun and well worth the sightseeing. We were able to see part of Alabama, the ocean, the white sandy coast, and the forested swampy land of Florida. Seeing for miles around is one of the reasons I like lighthouses.
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