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sailor s friend, a guide to safe harbor, and should you be a lighthouse, you couldn t ask for a better friend than buddy grover what drew you to the lighthouse what made you think i want to volunteer here i haven t decided what i want to be when i grow up yet. reporter: his bearing belies his age. buddy is 94. and for a dozen years, he s donned his light keeper s cap and coat to climb the stairs of the tallest lighthouse in the state. he says he counts in spanish to keep his mind sharp we dropped out when he started counting backwards. it is 228 steps, in case you were wondering. is it hard for you to climb those stairs absolutely not. reporter: here, buddy greets young visitors with tales of the tower s historic past. you have seen the light. reporter: as charming and affable as a docent can be we have been tourist attraction since the light went on in 1857.

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