We celebrated our 25th anniversary with a dinner out during the week, flowers from Brian and Diana, a new ring and a trip to East Brothers Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast.
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| Dining room |
The East Brothers Lighthouse in in the San Pablo Bay right by the San Rafael bridge. The lighthouse was originally built in 1873. It fell into disrepair in the 1960's and 70's. And by 1979 had to be almost completely rebuilt. One of the ways to raise money for upkeep is to have a bed and breakfast.
The lighthouse keepers are a married couple whose job is to run the B&B and keep up the island. The wife, Stephanie, cooked us delicious appetizers, dinner and breakfast. The husband, Bryan, gave us information on the island, drove the boat and did a demo of the old foghorns.
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| Climbing the stairs to the light house |
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| Looking down from the lighthouse, the white dome is the cistern for rain water |
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| Lighthouse |
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| There were boats going by all day and night |
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| The whole island |
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| Richmond -San Rafael bridge with the SF skyline in the background |
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| Our room - the SF Room |
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| Our room |
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| The foghorn |
The foghorn sounded all day and all nite about every 30 seconds. You didn't even hear it during the day but at nite with was distracting if you were awake. And if you were awake it was hard to fall asleep!
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| Dinner menu |
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| The small building was built as a school house for the keepers children, and behind it is the water tower |
The water for the island is all rain water that is caught from the grounds. They gather 15000 gallons of water for inch of water it rains. Then they filter the water and use it for all water needed for the island.
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| Our bathroom |
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| The boat used to get to the island |
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| This is a giant engine that is used to run the old foghorns. |
Bryan the lighthouse keeper did a demo of the old foghorns. He started the engine above and waited for the pressure to build to 40 and then blew the horns. They were the loudest sound I had ever heard. You could feel it in your heart!
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| This is the boat house on the island. |
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| This is a giant ship being pushed by a tugboat |
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| An old light from a light house at Yerba Buena light house. |
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| Appetizers were served when we arrived. |
The other rooms in the lighthouse were rented by a really nice family celebrating a 70th birthday. We enjoyed chatting with them at dinner and breakfast.
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| Our bathroom |
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| East Brothers Lighthouse |
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