<p class="ql-block">朋友一年多前就预订了灯塔短租房，约好今年5月一起去住四天。每次旅游经过灯塔总会拍个照，可以进去参观的话也肯定会登高看一下，住在灯塔旁会是一个比较新奇的感觉。尤其是发现要住的是以前灯塔守护员住的房子，就更好奇了。</p> <p class="ql-block">The Cove Point Lighthouse is a beautifully restored and re-purposed active lighthouse and keeper's home that sits on a seven-acre point of land in one of the narrowest parts of the Chesapeake Bay.</p><p class="ql-block">Cove Point灯塔是一座经过精心修复和改造的仍在工作的灯塔，它和旁边守护员的家，位于切萨皮克湾最狭窄的部分之一的七英亩土地上。</p><p class="ql-block"><br></p> <p class="ql-block">Cove Point Lighthouse was built in 1828 to mark the shoal that extends outwards toward the shipping channel. In 1857, a fourth-order Fresnel lens was installed with a weight driven rotation mechanism. In 1928 the light was converted from kerosene to electricity. At that time, the beacon was visible for twelve nautical miles. </p><p class="ql-block">Cove Point灯塔建于1828年，以标记向外延伸到航道的浅滩。1857年，安装了带有重量驱动旋转机构的四阶菲涅耳透镜。1928年，光从煤油转化为电。当时，灯塔在12海里处可见。</p> <p class="ql-block">March 1986 marked the end of the keeper’s job, as the orders for automation were received. By August 16, 1986, Cove Point Lighthouse was officially automated. The new equipment included an automated lamp-changer in the lantern to change burned out lamps and a computer to monitor operations. The beacon is now controlled from Baltimore. </p><p class="ql-block">1986年3月标志着灯塔守护工作的结束，因为转成了自动化控制。到1986年8月16日，Cove Point灯塔正式实现自动化。新设备包括灯塔中的自动换灯器，用于更换烧坏的灯具，以及一台监控操作的计算机。灯塔现在由巴尔的摩控制。</p> <p class="ql-block">灯塔内部</p> <p class="ql-block">Throughout the years, the keeper's house was expanded from a simple dwelling for the keeper and his wife to a two-and-one-half-story duplex to house two keepers and their families. Around 1950, a smaller two-bedroom house was built for a third keeper and his family. An office building was added at the same time to house an emergency generator and radio communication equipment. </p><p class="ql-block">多年来，守护人的房子从守护人和妻子的简单住所扩建为两层半的复式公寓，以容纳两名守护人及其家人。1950年左右，为第三位守护人和他的家人建造了一栋较小的两居室的房子。同时增加了一栋办公楼，以容纳应急发电机和无线电通信设备。</p> <p class="ql-block">这幢房子分A和B，每套一楼是厨房饭厅和客厅，二楼是两个卧室和一个厕所，三楼还有一间卧室和一个厕所。两套房子的客厅之间有门可以打开互通。</p> <p class="ql-block">曾经住过的灯塔守护员和他们的家人</p> <p class="ql-block">A房睡房一</p> <p class="ql-block">A房睡房二</p> <p class="ql-block">A房睡房三</p> <p class="ql-block">当地盛产蓝蟹</p> <p class="ql-block">Dave住在马里兰的表妹和表妹夫带来一筐下午刚抓上来的蓝蟹🦀️，一大盒鸡翅和一个芝士蛋糕请大家一起吃饭</p> <p class="ql-block">还有蛋糕</p> <p class="ql-block">带来螃蟹🦀️大餐的Sherry和Mike</p> <p class="ql-block">和夕阳合个影</p> <p class="ql-block">Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center</p> <p class="ql-block">Tiki Bar</p> <p class="ql-block">Calvert Marine Museum。</p><p class="ql-block">在这里学到了skate和stingray 的区别。这两种鱼长得很像，但一个生岀来是蛋慢慢孵化岀来，而另一种生岀来就是鱼。</p> <p class="ql-block">Drum Point Lighthouse </p> <p class="ql-block">Drum Point Lighthouse is one of four surviving Chesapeake Bay screw-pile lighthouses. Originally located off Drum Point at the mouth of the Patuxent River, it is now an exhibit at the Calvert Marine Museum.</p><p class="ql-block">鼓点灯塔是四座幸存的切萨皮克湾螺旋桩灯塔之一。它最初位于帕塔克森特河口的鼓点附近，现在是卡尔弗特海洋博物馆的展览。</p> <p class="ql-block">灯塔中的一间睡房</p> <p class="ql-block">客厅</p> <p class="ql-block">另一间睡房</p> <p class="ql-block">餐厅</p> <p class="ql-block">厨房</p> <p class="ql-block">On Wm B. Tennis on Cruise。 </p><p class="ql-block">Relax and enjoy a leisurely one-hour sightseeing cruise on the river. Sail the busy Solomons inner harbor, see Solomons Island and the Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, pass underneath the Governor Thomas Johnson Bridge, and turn back at Pt. Patience and the Naval Recreation Center.</p> <p class="ql-block">坐了一小时的游轮，熟悉了一下岛上的各种建筑和历史。</p> <p class="ql-block">River otters in the museum</p> <p class="ql-block">河獭室内居住环境</p> <p class="ql-block">房子后园紧连着沙滩，天天结伴在沙滩散步</p> <p class="ql-block">遇到一对老夫妇，天天在沙滩边找寻鲨鱼牙齿，坚持了十五年，用鲨鱼牙做了很多工艺品，一种有趣的退休生活。</p> <p class="ql-block">我们也找到一块鲨鱼牙齿</p> <p class="ql-block">放风筝</p> <p class="ql-block">短短的四天假期结束了，这一次我们又有机会更深地了解了朋友和自己。有一晚Joan建议每个人讲一下对其他七人为什么喜欢或不喜欢，那一晚讲到很晚，充满了笑声和泪水。我们有机会了解一下朋友眼中的自己，一种全新的体验。</p>