Nubble Lighthouse

We have done a couple of fun things since Clay's parents have been with us. They arrived here on Saturday and we started by visiting the Nubble Lighthouse in York, Maine. When I got lost the day after I got here the beach and the light house area is where I ended up. It was very beautiful and very cold. Here is some history on the Nubble Light

The "Nubble" is a small, rocky island a short distance off the eastern point of Cape Neddick, about two miles north of the entrance to the York River and York Harbor. In 1602, explorer Bartholomew Gosnold met with local Indians on the island and dubbed it "Savage Rock." The placement of a lighthouse on the Nubble had been recommended by many local mariners since 1807. An 1837 proposal was rejected on the grounds that there were already enough lights in the vicinity. Even after the wreck of the bark Isidore in 1842, north of the Nubble near Bald Head Cliff, it still took nearly four more decades before the lighthouse was established. The Isidore, according to legend, still reappears as a ghost ship with a phantom crew.