Today, I heard from my mother that her niece (my cousin) was on the news with her husband (confused yet?) because they bought a lighthouse.
No, not a model of a lighthouse. They bought an actual, historic lighthouse.
We’ve all got this romantic notion of what a lighthouse looks like, so I figured I’d add a picture of their lighthouse here, except, their Virginia lighthouse is definitely not a New England-style structure:
This is my cousin’s husband, Pete, getting the keys and lock from a Coast Guard representative:
Pete and Bonnie plan to restore the lighthouse (as required by the terms of their auction purchase) and use it as a vacation home or retreat.
Wonder what it would take to score a weekend at my cousin’s vacation house?
Today Show American Story on Pete & Bonnie’s Lighthouse
August 7, 2008 at 2:09 pm
Tim,
Bonnie and Pete are apparently living their dream – although I can’t quite picture a lighthouse being on their list of goals… Hooray for them and thanks for sharing their story.