Photo - a present to yourself. Sift through all the photos of you from the past year. Choose one that best captures you; either who you are, or who you strive to be. Find the shot of you that is worth a thousand words.
This photo has been my Facebook Profile for months.
Paul M. Walsh, professional photographer, spent an entire day at Split Rock Lighthouse Historic Site.
Brendan Anderson from the Minneapolis area is Jack Sparrow, the Pirate.
On the left, Pete Dunda, my coworker, tour guide, historic site interpreter, had many more photo ops than I that day.
More often than not this Centennial season, I too was in a U.S. Lighthouse Service, 1920's era uniform.
More than 5,000 visitors attended the big birthday party on July 31, 2010, including several hundred descendants of the Keepers who served there from 1910 to 1969. A candle light procession of Keepers and families was followed by the lighting of the beacon at sunset.
Hundreds of amateur and professional photographers crowded the rocky beach a quarter mile away below the 130 foot cliff. More were in boats and yachts in Little Two Harbors. A grand display of fireworks behind the tower over Lake Superior, and all the blue digital camera displays made a magnificent scene.
Of course, the Centennial celebration included events from January through November. I was on the job from late April through October. More than 135,000 visitors attended. The final day of the regular season was October 24. It was the end of my tenth season. Again, I was in uniform, and I lit the beacon at sunset one last time.
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