I ordered a copy of The Little Red Lighthouse and the Great Gray Bridge for our son since our local library doesn’t have a copy. This book introduced me to lighthouses and what they do and the George Washington Bridge was a central landmark in my childhood that we looked for whenever we drove into the city. Each time I read about a lighthouse in disrepair I’m concerned about the cost of upkeep. Lighthouses add so much character to the landscape but they are by nature in very harsh environments. The Heceta Head Lighthouse on the Oregon coast is the latest to come across the newswire. It’s on the National Register of Historic Places so repairs, estimated at $1.45 million, need to be of a certain standard. The lighthouse is in working order but it is leaking, cracking, and rusting. The keeper’s house is a bed & breakfast.