We decided to take a ride on Saturday 8-7 National Lighthouse Day to see a few lighthouses.
Our first stop was at Fort Story for Old & New Cape Henry Lights.
We went through an extensive security check upon entering the Fort which is actually an active Naval Base (part of Little Creek) at this time.
The security officers doing the search discovered a pair of needle nosed pliers that the honda service department had left in the engine compartment earlier in the week. They joked that they would have to take me into custody for attempting to smuggle them into the base.
We were cleared and given specific instructions as to which parts of the base we were allowed to be in and went on our way.
The base is also the site of the first landing in Virginia and there is a monument to that as well.
We drove on our way to the lighthouses. here are various views of the 2 lighthouses - individually and together.
New Cape Henry LH as you first drive up to it.
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Old Cape Henry LH from below at the gift shop - missing a pane of glass and showing some cracks as well.
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New Cape Henry lens from the gift shop area across the road.
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Another view of Old Cape Henry from below.
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Old Cape Henry from it's base after climbing the steps up to it.
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New Cape Henry from Old Cape Henry base.
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Old Cape Henry from the steps going down.
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Here's a shot of both taken from near the First Landing monument area.
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We had a very nice conversation with the volunteers in the gift shop about the lights here and in NJ- I was wearing a sandy hook t-shirt - and the lights in the US older than the ones here and in NJ.
Somehow the subject of National Lighthouse Day was not brought up by any of us, though.
We left the lighthouses here and continued on our way to the next light- Thimble Shoal LH .