2017 Lighthouse Tours a Better Way to See Lighthouses! What Can You Expect from a USLHS Tour?
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UNITED STATES LIGHTHOUSE SOCIETY 2017 LIGHTHOUSE TOURS A BETTER WAY TO SEE LIGHTHOUSES! WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT FROM A USLHS TOUR? You will be in the company of lighthouse lovers, history buffs, world travelers, and life-long learners A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR who enjoy the camaraderie of old friends and new. Our members are known for being fun-loving and People all over the world are naturally drawn to inclusive! Single travelers are always welcome. lighthouses. Typically located in the most beautiful locations on the planet, they reward those We are often able to explore, climb, and/or of us who love to travel with stunning natural photograph lighthouses, not open to the public, landscapes and transcendent vistas. Historically, usually found in remote locations. Your journey lighthouses were built to save lives, giving them to a lighthouse could involve charter boats, off a human connection unlike any other historic road vehicles, helicopters, float planes, or perhaps horse drawn carriages! Travelers have even found landmark. They represent attributes all of us themselves on golf carts, jet boats, and lobster strive for: compassion, courage, dedication, selflessnessand humility...and trawlers just to get that perfect lighthouse when you visit a lighthouse, you are destined to be moved in ways that viewpoint! connect you with something larger than yourself. U.S. Lighthouse Society tours are designed intentionally for those who Tour itineraries are designed to provide love traveling to amazing places and who desire to connect with others opportunities to visit other regional landmarks and who share a common passion for lighthouses and what they stand for. attractions, and include free time to shop or relax. Lighthouse Tours will touch you deeply as you experience living history You are taken care of! We include all transportation, and extraordinary scenery, all the while connecting significantly with your most meals, lodging, admissions, and a skilled tour fellow travelers making friends for life. leader. Our tour packets feature custom journals, I invite you to visit our website to learn more about our exciting itineraries tour patches and much more. for 2017, and feel free to contact me for information at 415.362.7255 or [email protected]. We enjoy sampling local cuisine—How about lobster in Maine? Salmon in Seattle? Or bouillabaisse Kind regards, in Marseilles? It all adds to understanding the unique culture of an area. We understand that travelers might have unique dietary restrictions and will do Jeffrey S. Gales our best to accommodate. Executive Director, U.S. Lighthouse Society U.S. Lighthouse Society Tours support our lighthouse preservation efforts, grants and A NON-PROFIT HISTORICAL & EDUCATIONAL SOCIETY educational programing. Being that the Society is a nonprofit organization; a portion of your fare is Umpqua River Lighthouse 1st order Fresnel lens tax-deductible. Photo by Pete Lerro Ocracoke Lighthouse and Ferry OUTER BANKS: LIGHTHOUSES & FIRST FLIGHT MAY 20-27, 2017 The Outer Banks is a 200-mile long string of narrow barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina which LIGHTHOUSES ITINERARY WHAT’S INCLUDED have been shaped by forces of nature, swept from the Atlantic Ocean. The large number of shipwrecks off Roanoke River Replica May 20: Arrive Raleigh, NC 6 Nights accommodation this coast has given this area the nickname, “Graveyard of the Atlantic”, and is the location of the infamous Roanoke River 6 Breakfasts account of the first colonists to settle the Americas, only to mysteriously disappear. The region is also home Currituck May 21: Kitty Hawk 4 Lunches to the first flight launched by the Wright brothers in 1903, forever changing the trajectory of the human race. Roanoke Marshes May 22: Hatteras 5 Dinners Their memorial will be one of the many stops on this exciting tour along with the Cape Hatteras National Bodie Island May 23: Ocracoke Transportation Seashore, the first national seashore of its kind and home to the tallest lighthouse in America! Cape Hatteras Entrance fees Ocracoke May 24: Wilmington Today, after hundreds of years, the Outer Banks has a way of changing people and opening their eyes to new Cape Lookout May 25: Wilmington DATES & FEES experiences and passions in historic North Carolina. Take a step into the past and experience the history that Bald Head Island May 26: Raleigh May 20-27, 2017 helped make this place a true original, complete with rolling sand dunes and a menagerie of wildlife . and oh Cape Fear Footprint May 27: Flights Home Single: $2967 yes, amazing lighthouses! Oak Island Double: $2449.50/person Cape Lookout Lighthouse “We had an outstanding trip and created wonderful memories!” — Nancy D. Riga, Latvia WHAT’S INCLUDED ITINERARY ESTONIA, LATVIA, & FINLAND: Basic Tour: May 28: Riga, Latvia 16 Nights Accommodation May 29: Liepaja 16 Breakfasts 12 Lunches May 30: Ventspils THE BALTIC JEWELS 11 Dinners May 31: Riga MAY 28-JUNE 13, 2017 Transportation June 01: Kuressaare, Estonia Entrance fees June 02: Saaremaa Island The Baltic States are bounded on the west and north by the Baltic Sea, June 03: Saarema Island which gives the region its name, and on the east by Russia. The region has D ATES & FEES June 04: Haapsula a storied history rich with shifting political and cultural identities and is May 28-June 13, 2017 June 05: Tallinn steeped in maritime traditions. On the Baltic Jewels Tour, travelers will be Single: $5510 June 06: Tallinn immersed in the past, visiting beacons of antiquity that are both inspiring Double: $4810/person June 07: Tallinn and engaging. June 08: Helsinki, Finland Post-Tour Exension prices: June 09: Kasnas Mostly made up of unspoiled forested lands, rural and sparsely populated, Single: $1685 June 10: Helsinki the area also has buzzing, historic capitals, cultural traditions that have sur- Double: $1410/person June 11: Helsinki vived centuries of foreign oppression, and customs and cuisines shaped by June 12: Soderskar a peculiar mix of German and Russian influences. Estonia has nearly1,500 June 13: Departures islands and islets, and its boulder-strewn coastline is hauntingly wild; Lat- via’s natural assets include the white-sand, pine-fringed beaches of the “Bal- Post Tour Extension: tic Riviera.” June 13-17: Saint Petersburg For 15 days, lighthouse lovers will travel the Gulf of Finland, visit fairytale cities, and explore extraordinary lighthouses. Kopu, the third-oldest light- house in the world, has been continuously used for almost 500 years and will be a key stop along the way. Days will be spent enjoying lighthouses, fortresses and wonderful old historic sites. Visits to vibrant cities such as Riga and Tallinn will serve as forays into the diverse cultural fabric of these dynamic countries. This special tour is not to be missed. Post-tour extension available to Saint Petersburg, Russia, June 13-17. LIGHTHOUSES Daugavgriva Ainazi Tallinnamadal Helsinki Light Post-Tour Extension: Liepaja Virtsu Naissaar Soumenlinna Range Petrodvorets Akmenrags Kiipsaare Keri Porkkala Tolbukhin Uzava Vilsandi Pakri Lightship Relandersgrund Kabotazhnaya Ovisi Sorve Suurupi Harmaja St. Petersburg Columns Mikelbaka Ristna Viimsi Range Bengstkar Slitere Kopu Tallinn Russaro Mersrags Tahkuna St. Olaf’s Church Soderskar Bengstkar Lighthouse Salacgrivas Rukkirahu To w e r Lightship Kemi Itinerary The source of the Hudson River is the poetic- June 04: Arrive New York sounding “Lake Tear of the Clouds,” in the HUDSON RIVER & LAKE CHAMPLAIN: June 05: New York City Adirondacks. Running for 315 miles, it empties into June 06: Tarrytown, NY Lower New York Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. But June 07: West Point, NY it’s what has transpired between the source and LIGHTHOUSES & LIBERTY June 08: Kingston, NY where it empties that makes the Hudson River so JUNE 4-12, 2017 June 09: Ticonderoga, NY fascinating. The region is one of America’s treasures. June 10: Burlington, VT Long before English explorer Henry Hudson sailed LIGHTHOUSES June 11: Burlington, VT up the river in 1609 for the Dutch East India June 12: Flights Home Jeffrey’s Hook Company, the waterway was a major travel route Sands Point for Native Americans. Execution Rocks What’S INCLUDED The Hudson River is best known today as the Stepping stones 8 Nights Accommodation political dividing line between New York and New Throgs Neck 8 Breakfasts Jersey, but its history sheds light on America’s Tarrytown 7 Lunches rich past of exploration and revolution, and is 7 Dinners Stony Point one of the most predominant waterways on the Esopus Meadows Transportation East Coast. When the Erie Canal opened in 1825 Rondout Creek Entrance fees and commercial river traffic increased, the U.S. Lighthouse Establishment felt the need for a more Saugerties Hudson Athens D ATES & FEES sophisticated system of lights. In 1826, the Stony Point Lighthouse was the first to shine its light on Crown Point June 4-12, 2017 Barber’s Point Single: $3880 the Hudson, starting a system of lights that safely Double: $2992.50/person guided mariners the length of the river. Colchester Reef Burlington From “The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Bluff Point Gray Bridge” and fabulous New York City at the southernmost point to Burlington, Vermont, with Cumberland Head its perfect blend of old New England charm on Point Au Roche the shores of Lake Champlain, your tour along the Hudson River is sure to be a memorable one as you visit lighthouses that have guided sailors for centuries. USLHS.ORG 415.362.7255 [email protected] “You don’t have to be a lighthouse aficionado to love these trips! I go for the scenery, people, great food, and awesome photographic opportunities!” — David J. Burlington Breakwater Light Inchkeith Island Lighthouse LIGHTHOUSES Isle of May SCOTLAND & ENGLAND: Fidra Inchkeith LIGHTHOUSES, KILTS, & CASTLES Bass Rock Oxcars JULY 10-26, 2017 Granton Leith Breakwater Barnes Ness St.