Archive for the ‘MAINE’ Category

PORTLAND HEAD LIGHTHOUSE – Cape Elizabeth, Maine

Thursday, September 8th, 2011

Portland Head Lighthouse – Cape Elizabeth, Maine – “A pillar of fire by night, Of cloud by day” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow   “Lighthouses don’t fire canons to call attention to their shining, they just shine”  Dwight L. Moody             I have traveled to numerous lighthouses up and down both coasts of the United [...]

Fort Gorges – Interesting old place that was never quite completed; Casco Bay – Portland, Maine

Sunday, March 13th, 2011

Fort Gorges as seen from from Bug Lighthouse – Portland Harbor, Maine While visiting old Bug Light on the edge of Portland Harbor breakwater, which is a remarkable spot itself,  I noticed an old abadoned redoubt out in the middle of the harbor. It looked like some of the old Civil War forts I had [...]