I think this is (finally) the last set of pictures from our vacation over a month ago.  LOL  Aren't you glad?    We stayed at a hotel on the beach - Ormond Beach which is just north of Daytona Beach - for the last four days of our vacation.  From there we were able to visit St Augustine (my pictures are here) and Ponce Inlet.  Ponce Inlet is south of Daytona Beach, and is home to the Ponce de Leon Inlet Lighthouse. (if you live nearby, or will be vacationing in that area, contact the lighthouse society and ask about homeschool trips - it sounds like the homeschool group visits they do are awesome, and they fill up fast!!)   Harrison decided he wanted to climb a lighthouse so we made sure that we included a visit to this one in our plans.  This 175-foot lighthouse was completed in 1887 and is one of the best preserved lighthouses in the country.

Wow, it was a LONG climb up the lighthouse!!! 

Look how happy they are.  LOL  Must be nice to be young and full of energy.

At the top, of course, we were treated to a spectacular view.

Whoops!!! That's not the view I meant, although looking down into the well is umm.... interesting!! 

 It was a bit windy up there, but we tried a couple of pictures.

Here is the Fresnel lens at the top of the lighthouse.

In addition to the lighthouse keeper's quarters and other buildings, there is also a small museum building which has several different sizes and types of lenses, and explains how they are made and used.

At Ponce Inlet marina, I finally got good pictures of pelicans!

Back to the hotel to enjoy the beach...

One last walk on the beach before we headed home - and it happened to start raining that morning.  Good time to leave!

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