Harbor Fest

When I looked at things to do while we were here, I saw that Harbor Fest is in June, but it looked like we were going to be a week too early. We lucked out and hit it right on. Paul and Vicki were the only ones that wanted to go. Everyone else thought it would be too crowded. Ann wanted to stay back and visit with her cousin Nicole and everyone else. Harbor Fest is the tall 18th century sailing ships.

We got there about 10am and found parking really early. Started to walk around. The ship tours didn't start until 11. All of them were free to go below deck and look around. We heard that the "Carefree" was giving a tour of the bay. We just had to stand in line for tickets. Paul and Nathan went over while we looked at booths. We got our tickets and then toured a Coast Guard Cutter and the guys went on an military amphibian.

We wanted to tour the pirate ship, but the line was huge and we didn't feel like waiting. I really wanted to get some pictures of the full sails, but they can't do that in dock. Makes sense. The sails are their power and you can't sit still with the power full on.

Finally it was time for our ride. We loved it. I would love to be able to sail more often.

The boys at the side of the ship while on the bay

When we were done we walked around some more and watched these two guys that were doing a street act. They were amazing.

We ate out of the booths at the festival. The boys got huge corndogs and I got a chicken sandwich. Too hot and humid to eat heavy. It was in the high 90's today. There was a large storm coming in. I'm not sure what the humidity was, but it was up there. We finally left about 3:30, hot, but happy.