Fathers spent Father’s Day in many different ways. Some received gifts, some received the gift of time (like my brother getting mechanical help from his children to fix his truck), and others may have just spent some time with their family doing fun activities. They may have done some fishing, hiking or visiting scenic sights like lighthouses. And if dad and the kids were brave, they might have climbed the spiral staircase to the top of the lighthouse tower.
Climbing Whitefish Point Tower
You often hear the phase “the good old days” and you might think of a simpler time in the past. Depending on how old you are, that time might be before running water and electricity or the “Leave It to Beaver” era where the kids played outside (without cell phones). And while some things may have been better in the olden days, I do prefer to have a hot shower after sanding frames than to wash up with a pitcher and basin as it was hard enough to get all the sawdust washed off.
Old Wash Stand
A Thanksgiving Alphabet
T…Turkeys, tablespreads, being together,
H…Happiness and homes to protect us from all weather,
A…Aunts and uncles, a reunion in Fall,
N…Nieces and nephews, family members all!
K…Kind-hearted kin coming over for dinner,
S…Surely you’ll have fun, but you won’t get thinner!
G…Gourds and pumpkins, mouths open wide.
I…Indians and Pilgrims we remember with pride.
V…Very special times-there could even be snow.
I…Imagine what it was like at Plymouth long ago.
N…Never forget how the settlers led the way,
G…Giving thanks and blessing this special day.
Author Unknown
Table Waiting for Thanksgiving Meal
The freighter, SS Edmund Fitzgerald, left the port of Superior, Wisconsin at 2:15 pm on the afternoon of November 9, 1975 with a cargo of 26,116 of taconite ore pellets headed for towards Detroit, Michigan. The freighter sank the next day, with the loss of the entire crew, during a Lake Superior storm when she was about 15 miles from reaching the Whitefish Point Light.
Didn’t Reach Whitefish Point
A lighthouse might provide the light that the missing sun hasn’t on another cloudy day. First lit in 1849, Whitefish Point Light was one of the first lighthouses on the shores of Lake Superior and is currently the oldest active light on the lake. It is arguably the most important light on Lake Superior. All vessels entering and leaving Lake Superior must pass the light. It stands on the treacherous southern shoreline of Lake Superior known as the “Graveyard of the Great Lakes” in an area with more shipwrecks than any other area of the lake. It is the closest lighthouse to the wreck site of the Edmund Fitzgerald. The view from the top of the 76 foot tower was spectacular even on a cloudy day.
Whitefish Point Light
