Showing posts with label Lighthouse. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lighthouse. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2011

Orient Point Lighthouse


 
In the wee hours of Monday morning, while party-goers are hoping from nightclub to bar, we took Adam back to collage. Due to Irene, the Cross-Sound Ferry was not yet running, so we drove around through the city.
We were fortunate in getting on a returning ferry that evening. This photo was made on that trip.
The Orient Point Lighthouse sits at the end of a reef that stretches one-third the distance between Orient Point and Plum Island in a mile-wide passage called Plum Gut.
Plum Gut is a boaters nightmare. At ebb tide, the currents can exceed five knots (5.6 mph). It's hard to believe that there used to be a keeper out there. You can read more about this place at the lighthouse friends web page.