The keeper's house is surrounded by swirls of sand and dune grass. There's a large kitchen and a cozy parlor on the first floor. There's a double bed and a single bed, and a shared bathroom just outside the door. After a day of trudging along the barrier beach or reading on the porch, there's time for a climb to the top of the lighthouse. The platform is comfortable even for acrophobics.
Sleep comes easily in the dunes, even with the blare of the lighthouse horn every minute.
Morning brings another opportunity for a long stroll past the breakers before the ATV is loaded for the return trip. As the first-timers leave, they realize the last 24 hours have made them lighthouse keepers in their own right, filling them with memories and the desire to preserve the sentinels of the sea.