June 7 – Opening team for 2025 season – Fox Island Lighthouse Association

Our first team headed out to open up for the season accompanied by a number of day visitors. There’s clean up to be done from winter storm damage: a downed tree damaged the rear door of the workshop/summer kitchen and a loose shutter broke a window pane in the 1867 tower — unplanned projects to add to the usual season’s opening activities (water system, solar, landing, etc.)

Here’s what things looked like on arrival:

Volunteer Tom McBride began repair on the damaged door and trim and set up the water system. Barb & Linda limbed the downed tree. Sandra mowed. Cathy provided an update to Historical Architect Rob McKay from the DNR. Board President/Volunteer Linda Posler adds: “Many thanks to the NPS Manitou staff — Jen, Hailey, and Jay—as well as our founder president, John, and Rob McKay for helping get started on the detritus from the storm….”

The 1867 lighthouse is open for the season….

A long, tiring & productive day to start the season.

Photos courtesy of Board Member/Volunteer Sandra White.

P.S. Sandra maintains a FB blog here if you’d care to follow her posts directly: Diary of a Lighthouse Keeper.