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They trudged down many a trail, high winds blowing, slogged through sand carrying camera bags in hundred degree temperatures with bugs biting, nikons slung around their necks. They waded knee deep on the trail flooded with water from the Hudson River. They've gone out on the water in sport boats, crabber's boats, rowboats and inflatables. It is not known how many ferries they've taken.

They've flown in twin engine planes, single engine planes, seaplanes, and helicopters. They've climbed over boulders, hung from tree branches over a cliff and rolled in a mud puddle under a fence.

Why?
To photograph a lighthouse.
In 1987, Bob and Sandra Shanklin embarked on a long journey to photograph every lighthouse in the United States. On February 3, 1999, they realized their dream. After a summer trip to Alaska in 1998 and a winter trip to Hawaii in 1999, they had photographed every standing lighthouse in the U.S. In January of 2001, they added to that list by photgraphing the lighthouses of Puerto Rico.

When they started, there was no list of lighthouses. They backtracked, researched and searched. At the end of their quest they compiled their own list. They now present it to you. A must for lighthouse lovers!