From July 2 to July 9 my wife and I visited Cape Cod. That area in eastern Massachusetts is so well known for its iconic lighthouses one is featured on the package for Cape Cod Potato Chips. The Nauset Light (shown above) is one in Eastham, at Nauset Beach on the eastern shore. About a third mile inland from there are the Three Sisters lighthouses. They are literally parked there – not on the coast but rather just in a wooded park to preserve them.
Highland Light is in North Truro, also on the eastern shore and next to a golf course. When we walked there a window cleaning truck was parked on the west side and someone was finishing using a squeegee on the windows around the light.
Chatham Light is at the Coast Guard Station. Back on February 18, 1952 a 36-foot motor lifeboat from there famously rescued 32 sailors from the stern half of the tanker SS Pendleton. That story was told in the 2016 film The Finest Hours.
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