This post has been sitting in my drafts folder since October - it's the last one I wrote about stuff we did over the summer. I guess I'll go ahead and post it now, in January. :)
The same day that we visited the
Lake County History Center, we spent the afternoon at a second field trip - at the
Fairport Harbor Marine Museum and Lighthouse. Until I saw both of these field trips posted by Kim of
Kim's Ohio Homeschooling Events, I had no idea there were any local lighthouses available for touring. I knew the kids would dig it.
First, we stopped for lunch and to play a bit at the beach, before walking up to the lighthouse.
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| Mast from an actual ship. |
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| This room that was added onto the building was originally the wheelhouse of a Lake Erie ship. |
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| The view from the top |
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| The museum's creepy mummified "ghost cat". |
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| I was fascinated with this simple, old-fashioned way of lighting the decks below. |
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| I liked this painting. |
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| The boys had a roll down the hill afterward. |
