The abandoned 142-year-old Tillamook Rock Lighthouse, a watery mile off northern Oregon’s coast, is going to be up for sale again.
On Saturday, however, the air was calm and the Robinson R66 helicopter was able to set down on the cliffside, makeshift pad that is a little larger than a parking spot. The volunteers held onto the side of the helicopter to guide around the sheer drop to the rocks and water below.
Ian Lively, also of St. Helens, smiled as rain pelted him. “It was some of the most fun I’ve had in awhile,” he said. “There were difficult conditions but it was a pretty good time.”, said even though she had confidence in the pilot, it was frightening to return in the helicopter during a brief break in the weather. But when she was out there, surrounded by water, she said she felt “freedom.”.
The acre-wide rocky outcrop, partially leveled by dynamite during its construction in 1881, has been overrun by 600-pound sea lions that pushed through the corroding front door. Inside, among the relics and debris are some of the remains of the Eternity At Sea columbarium, which held 30 funeral urns.
The license for the Eternity At Sea columbarium was not renewed in 1999 by the Oregon Mortuary and Cemetery Board. But when she was accepting urns, Morissette told people at some point it could become a burial at sea. She said she’ll need to invest $1.5 million to replace metal with titanium. Seawater and neglect turned once gleaming steel used for the roof, spiral staircase, catwalk and railings into crumbling rust. She also wants to create “a titanium honeycomb” to store urns.
Last Saturday, on the sixth helicopter run from the Seaside airport, Bryan jumped into a spare seat and fulfilled three wishes: She reached the rock, returned with a souvenir and flew in a helicopter.
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