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Ponce Inlet Lighthouse

If you enjoy visiting historical sites, you’ll relish this one. The Ponce Inlet Lighthouse & Museum was established in 1887 and is considered a National Historic Landmark. All the dwellings and support buildings remain intact. Located between St. Augustine and Cape Canaveral, Mosquito (now Ponce) Inlet was the recommended choice of the U.S. Lighthouse Board. The tower is built from bricks and stands 175 feet tall.

 

Note the twisty spiral steps that lead up the tower. No way was I climbing those stairs!

These other buildings are where the lighthouse keeper and his assistants lived with their families. They had to be self-sufficient, and it could not have been an easy life.

 

 

The gift shop has a wide variety of items for sale including souvenirs, toys, books, jewelry and more. It’s a fun stop on your way out. We capped off our visit with lunch at Off the Hook in Ponce Inlet. Read more about that meal and other culinary adventures from our trip HERE.

 

   

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Jupiter, FL

Last weekend, I gave a talk at Jupiter library, but first, my husband and I drove around to explore the town.   Jupiter Lighthouse

We stopped at Dubois Park, but it was Memorial Day weekend, and the park was mobbed with picnickers. It looked to be impossible to get a parking spot, so we drove on. We went next to Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, in service since 1860 with a museum and gift shop. Tours cost $7 but you can get a good photo from the parking lot. We took another photo from across the Intracoastal where we ate lunch at The Crab House. Another trendy restaurant, Guanabanas (http://www.guanabanas.com/), is down the street but self-parking is a few doors down and the skies were heavy with threatening rain clouds. We’ll have to try that one next time. I am grateful to my Internet Fan, Suzie Burrows, for traveling to the library to meet me, and the other authors who attended: Melissa Alvarez, Traci Hall, and Marilyn Campbell. Readers filled the other seats, and we had a lively discussion. Thanks, too, to Classic Bookshop from Palm Beach for bringing my books to sell. You gotta love our libraries and indie bookstores!

Jupiter Lighthouse                      

View from Lighthouse