I know it’s hard to see, but there ARE doors in these pictures. We got to the beautiful Tybee Island lighthouse as the day was fading, and I can’t fiddle the pictures to bring out the buildings without losing that fabulous sky.
Tybee Island, Georgia, just off the coast of Savannah, is one of my favorite places I’ve ever visited. We didn’t even begin to explore its beauty, but this was a pretty good start!
The Discover Tybee Island website says:
Ordered by General James Oglethorpe, Governor of the 13th colony, in 1732, the Tybee Lighthouse has been guiding mariners safe entrance into the Savannah River for over 270 years. The Tybee Island Light Station is one of America’s most intact having all of its historic support buildings on its five-acre site. Rebuilt several times the current lightstation displays its 1916 day mark with 178 stairs and a First Order Fresnel lens (nine feet tall).
This post is part of Norm Frampton’s Thursday Doors link-up. Hop over and see his post, then click on the froggy link to add your own entry and/or see doors from around the world!
A WRITING PROMPT FOR YOU: What is your main character’s favorite place he or she has ever visited?
MA
Jane
April 14, 2016 at 11:20amThe Lighthouse at Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, was built around 300-something BC, and lasted for approximately 1600 years until it was brought down by a series of earthquakes in the early 1300’s AD.
Tybee’s lighthouse may not be quite so fabled, but it IS certainly something to be marveled at.
Dan Antion
April 14, 2016 at 12:57pmI love lighthouses!
Norm 2.0
April 14, 2016 at 3:48pmYou’ll get my attention with a nice lighthouse every time.
Good choice!
Joey
April 14, 2016 at 5:10pmPurty! That was my last lighthouse. And I mean truly, my last. 😉 Imma link you to my Tybee Island post, k? You don’t need to read it, but I totally want you to see my photo! k? k 🙂
https://jolenemottern.com/2013/02/10/adventure-benzodiazepines-sold-separately/
Marian Allen
April 15, 2016 at 10:24amOF COURSE I read it! We didn’t even attempt to climb up. No desire to do it. I never understood the desire to climb up high so I could see where I OUGHT to be — the ground. I can see the ground much better when I’m standing on it. Statue of Liberty? I went to the Statue of Liberty so I could SEE the Statue of Liberty; how can I see it from inside it? Never mind that nonsense!
Joey
April 15, 2016 at 12:40pmOh good. Yes, well I am not one to back down from an adventure, but I really think I’ve been to the top of ENOUGH lighthouses now!
You make a valid point. I shall quote you.
Jesh StG
April 15, 2016 at 5:33pmBeautiful views of the lighthouse, Marian! Had to smile reading above that you have no desire to climb towers – even when we came to the Eiffel tower, my daughter and I let hubby and son do the work while we snacked on some cookies:) But I do like to capture them with the camera:)
Marian Allen
April 15, 2016 at 6:08pmExactly, Jesh — stay below and take a picture of the pretty tower. After all, what goes up must come down — sometimes very, very fast!
janet
April 15, 2016 at 7:57pmI’ve heard good things about Tybee Island. It may have to go on our “some day” list. 🙂
janet
Marian Allen
April 16, 2016 at 7:20amOh, do! It’s delightful!
Jean Reinhardt
April 16, 2016 at 2:10pmLovely shots. So strange to see the lighthouse looming up behind the surrounding houses.
Marian Allen
April 16, 2016 at 6:51pmI know what you mean about the strangeness, Jean! I always think of a lighthouse as being far out on a rocky point, but this one looked like it was just hanging’ around the ‘hood.