EVER SINCE WE BEGAN OUR STAY AT THE LIGHTHOUSE INN IN FLORENCE,I SEEM TO HAVE BEEN OVERCOME WITH THIS FASCINATION FOR THESE BUILDINGS-BUILT TO HELP KEEP MARINERS SAFE IN STORMY SEAS,ONE OF THE PRETTIEST ONES IS THE HECETA HEAD LIGHTHOUSE(466)(MAIN PIC) JUST NORTH OF FLORENCE WHERE WE ARE...TALKING OF STORMY SEAS,IT'S ALL OVER THE NEWS HERE,(AND I BET BACK IN THE U.K TOO) ABOUT THE DAMAGE THAT HURRICANE SANDY IS CAUSING ON THE EAST COAST-NEW YORK AREA-CAN'T BELIEVE THAT ALL THE LIGHTS WENT OUT IN MANHATTAN AND THE SIZE OF THOSE WAVES(467)..BACK OVER THIS SIDE IT'S STILL A BIT ON THE DULL SIDE,BUT AT LEAST ITS STOPPED RAINING- AFTER NEARLY THREE DAYS OF CONSTANT DRIZZLE-(COULD BE SCARBOROUGH OR WHITBY IF YOU CLOSED YOUR EYES...)BACK AT THE HOTEL(468)(469)(470)(471) THERES BOOKS,ORNAMENTS,PAINTINGS,TRINKETS, ANYTHING YOU CAN THINK OF DEPICTING SOME LIGHTHOUSE OR OTHER-I THINK THEY ARE MAYBE OUT OF CONTROL HERE-NEXT THING THEY WILL BE TURNING THE BEDROOMS INTO THEME PARKS...(MAYBE THE OWNERS SNEAKED OVER TO BRIGG AND LOOKED IN ON 18 ALBERT STREET..'HEY LOUIS,INSTEAD OF A BEACH ROOM WE'LL GIVE OURS THE LIGHTHOUSE TOUCH....) NAVIGATING AWAY FROM THE PREMISES WE WENT OVER TO THE 'THREE RIVERS' CASINO(472) IN TOWN AND RUN BY THE INDIANS(AS IN NATIVE AMERICAN VARIETY)..CAME OUT AND IT'S STARTED RAINING AGAIN....STORMY WEATHER INDEED..(BACK TO THE 'FIREHOUSE' BAR)