Captain's Dinner

A traditional at the Island for the Teachers' workshop is the Captain's dinner and yesterday we celebrated that tradition.  For the last few years we have roasted or some how cooked a turkey.  This year we tried it in our Dutch Oven over a combination charcoal wood fire.  We have a set a daisies that have planted themselves right next to our fire ring and are surviving all the use.  

Each of the teachers creates a character that might have lived either here at the lighthouse, in the village or stopping by for some reason on their voyage through the Great Lakes during the period of the lighthouse operation.

Another tradition here at the lighthouse is everybody does their own dishes.  This picture has the teachers gathering their ditty bags from the dry line as we head to the kitchen and the Captain's Dinner.

This is the class picture that is taken in front of the lighthouse.  Captain Dick took this one with a camera for each and every person in the picture.  We have a mother and daughter, a keeper from another lighthouse, and several servants just to name a few of our characters.
 

Another duty we have at the lighthouse is monitoring of the rest of the Island for the Little Traverse Conservancy.  While Susie and Jessica were out planting Geocashes the other day they came across a fire pit on the north side of the Island.  There is only one place on the Island that fires are allowed and that is in our fire pit pictured above.  After dinner last night we changed and headed out in the Zodiac to destroy the found fire pit.  These are the fire pit police identifying and distroying the arrant pit.

On our way back to the lighthouse we came across three teenagers that obviously were planning on spending the night on the Island.  Something else not permitted on Conservancy land without permission from GLLKA and no one was aware that we had granted permission.  We spent about a good half hour waiting for them to leave after we informed them of their lack of permission.  But it allowed us to witness this most wonderful sunset to a wonderful day.
  

The Keepers at St. Helena Light Station.