Lighthouses Guide Our Travels Over Calm Waters, Through the Storm, and Bring us Home.

Let Light Guide You

Large bodies of water call to us.  The Great Lakes, the oceans, the seas.  They beckon us to their edge, humbling us with the vast space, their quiet movements, or their moody shifts.  They are both calming and unsettling.  For even on a still day, when the water shimmers like glass under the sun or a full moon, below the surface holds a force of nature that has captivated humans for centuries.

​Lighthouses are incredible travel destination points.  Each one is individual, holding it's own story and reason for being created.  The use of a lighthouse comes and goes, dependent on the water below.  The oldest lighthouse we have found so far was in Dover, England.  Created around 45 BC, the location is now more landlocked, as the sea has shifted her ways in 2,000 years.

The first lighthouses were lit with fire.  Tended to nightly to provide giudance for warring ships as nations battled for land long ago.  The lightkeeper then became a job.  We have seen a variety of ways lights were created, tended to, and used over the course of travel.  Each one a little different.  Each one sharing the story of long, dark nights, both in calm waters and story seas.  One man, in most cases, became resposible for the souls that crossed the water below.  The men on the sea trusted men on the shore to guide them through safetly. At times, neither the ship nor the keeper would know the name of the other.  Only that they were both needed.

As humans have come to terms with the immense, uncontrollable force of nature large bodies of water provide, they have grown and adapted.  Lighthouse keepers gave way to automatic lights.  Shipping lanes grew wider, and lighthouses became unnecessary in some places.  Yet, they still stand on the edge.  Waiting for a moment in which they may be called upon to guide someone to safety.​

They stand as a need, and as a symbolic moment for all of us.  Through the darkness, through the stormy seas, when we have lost our way, we long to see the light in the distance.  We search and we seek for that glimmer along the shore that will give us rescue and a break from the forces that we cannot control.  And sometimes, we may not even know the name of the person that shines light across our path to guide us home.  We only know that at that moment, we needed them to be exactly where they were at that moment, to lead us to safely to shore.

Find your light.  Find your lighthouse.  Sit along the shore and let the sea humble you.  Stand next to the lighthouse in peace, knowing not matter how rought the waters get, you'll always find your way home.

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