Tall Ships!

This week, in Boston's harbor there are several amazing tall ships and other various military vesels docked for people to see. This year's festival coincides with the 200th anniversary of the War of 1812, crazy huh? Emily, Kelsey, and I braved the heat on Sunday (mid-90s, but a nice Sea Breeze) and went down to see the ships! Tall ships, literally! It was amazing, ships with masts and sails and lots of ropes and lines!
 Little kids were "ooing" and "ahhing" saying "pirate ships!!" Not quite, but close!  The 4 ships parked at the south waterfront were from Brazil, Ecuador, Columbia, and Indonesia.
 So many amazing features! I brought my zoom lens, too, which I usually forget about (never again!) and was so glad to have it!
 Each ship had such a unique personality and modern naval conveniences mixed in with old ship charm.
 We even found a band of pirates, including a dead on Jack Sparrow impersonator! A modern, Jack Sparrow, iPhone and smart water!
The ship from Columbia, the Gloria, had a HUGE flag at its stern. Everyone loved when the breeze picked up and sent it flapping around.  Proof that I do get out from behind the camera!
 It was packed, but not too much! I did bump into one of my students, who was elated to see me! Then I saw a kid from one of the other first grade classes, he looked freaked to see me out of school!
It was such a fun outing! I took close to 170 pictures, then cut it down to 70 that I want to keep. 44 made it to facebook and 32 made the blog cut!
My amazing 4th of July recap to come early next week!