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Cows in pasture on the way to Southeast Light
View of "downtown" on the island
View of town from ferry pier
Nancy on ferry leaving Block Island
Passing the next ferry leaving Point Judith on its way to
Block Island, dark clouds and rain making it an early evening
Some flowers in our front yard
View from my front porch -- see
entry for August 26th (yes, that's a very big boulder)
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Block Island Pictures -- 08/30/00
So, one week ago today Nancy and I and our bicycles took the ferry to Block Island. I promised to post some
pictures from that trip as soon as I got them processed and so here we go...
Southeast Light
Built in 1875, Southeast light stands on Mohegan Bluff, high above the water. When it was built it was two hundred feet from the edge of
the cliff; the early 1990's nature had eaten that cliff away until the lighthouse was barely 55 feet from the edge. A fundraising drive
brought in two million dollars and in 1993 the entire building was jacked up and moved back so that it is now three hundred feet from
the edge. You can find more information (plus pictures) at the Block Island Southeast Light
page. (Bonnie: here's another site)A little further along Mohegan Bluff is a
wooden stairway (I lost count, it's between 150 and 160 steps) that allows visitors to descend to the the rocky beach below. (The stairs
end well above the high water mark but it's not too bad a scramble down the remaining distance.) So... here we are down by the water...
Okay, just one more... we stopped for lunch (mid-afternoon) at a restaurant that had a second story deck. I claim that I look
off balance because I was leaning back against the rail but Nancy says it was the two glasses of Bass Ale. (Ha! She should talk after
downing a 16 ounce Mudslide.)
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