About 20 minutes south of Jonathan Dickinson State Park is the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum. A long time ago, we got a lighthouse figurine with this Florida lighthouse, but we had never been to it. It's distinct in its red coloring and really stands out.
Admission to the Lighthouse Park is $12 for seniors. They offer history tours throughout the day, but while one was just starting when we got there, we opted to self-guide through the park.
We got some pictures outside before approaching to go in. There are 34 steps up to the base of the Lighthouse and then 105 more up a single-passage spiral staircase. They radio to the guide at the top before sending you up, and they radio down before you descend.
When we made it to the top, it was so worth it! You can walk all the way around and see for miles. I wouldn't want to go up when it's hot, but it was about 80 degrees and breezy when we climbed.
Here's a video of the walk around.
And a picture from inside.
(Don't ask if my legs were a little sore the next day, ha ha.)
From the Lighthouse we drove to our hotel in Fort Lauderdale. We took I-95 and used the express lanes but it was still pretty hectic. But we made it safely with no missed exits or wrong turns.
We found a good spanish-mexican restaurant nearby where we ended up eating both days in Fort Lauderdale.
And that ends Day 5.
~ Cindy D.
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