This past week over 500 people visited Molly and me at Crisp Point Lighthouse. We were thrilled everyone braved the 19 mile long dirt logging road to come visit us. Here is a look behind the scenes of your friendly, neighborhood lighthouse keepers … Molly and Rich.

Most mornings we were up before sunrise. I love photography, and the best images are taken around sunrise and sunset. This stump deserved my attention at sunrise, and then it was off for our daily four mile hike along the beach before guests arrive.

Photos in the blog post which are not watermarked were taken by my wife, Molly. She writes articles in her spare time for many region and national magazines. She also blogs about the Northland at SuperiorFootprints.

Our tasks for the day started between 9 and 10 am. While most of you saw us in the Visitor Center, we did many other things behind the scenes from cleaning bathrooms to freeing cars stuck in the sugar sand (Stay ON the road; the ATV trails may look wide but you will be sorry.)

Molly in the Visitor Center

Rich helping to rebuild some rotted boardwalk (holding the shovel)

At the end of the day we returned to our “official” lighthouse keeper’s residence, our tent! A glass of wine with dinner never tasted so good.

Our final task of the day was to await the sunset and stars. Crisp Point’s beach is rated a #1 or #2 by the International Dark Sky Association. Better stars will not be seen anywhere. The Milky Way and I agree!