Thursday, March 22, 2012

Cape Canaveral Lighthouse & USAF Missile Museum Tour

Made our reservation 3 months ago to do the Cape Canaveral tour today and wow, it was good, we highly recommend it!
Cape Canaveral AFB is an active military installation so everybody gets a bag check and full body wand scan.
The Cape Canaveral Lighthouse was completed in 1868, erosion caused it to be moved inland a bit and the relocation was completed in 1894, this lighthouse has been around for a long time! Still an active lighthouse, a modern optic was installed in 1993 and the original Fresnel lens is on display up at the Ponce Inlet lighthouse museum.
First 5 stories are open, then back down you go.
Project Mercury symbol under which is buried a time capsule, scheduled to be opened in 2464.

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