Our boy loves boats, and I mean really really loves boats. He walks around all day saying, "boat, boat, boat". He knows where every trailered boat in the neighborhood is, and where to find every boat picture in all of his books. I've been meaning to take him down to the harbor for quite some time to let him see some big boats in action, but only today did we finally manage to gather up the energy to go. On a whim we ended up touring the maritime museum (damn whim cost me my admission price PLUS the price of a parking ticket, but oh well...it was worth it).
Here is his first glimpse at a mini boat
The maritime museum is actually housed in/on an 1898 ferry boat. This is the view from the top deck.
As much as I was enjoying the ferry boat, Quinn was pressuring me to move on so that he could see the tall ships. The first one we checked out was the HMS Surprise. This was the setting for the film Master and Commander. It's a replica of an 18th century Royal Navy frigate and is a pretty stunning ship.
Next up we went to check out the Star of India. This ship is the world's oldest active sailing ship. She was built in 1863 and was one of the earliest iron ships. She gets out on the ocean each November for a birthday sail. The torn sails were a haloween remnant.
Once we had seen all of the ships we went for a walk down the waterfront. After all of our recent swimming session I think Quinn thought he could go for a dip in the water...he was really trying to get down there. Silly boy.
We're doing a great job of keeping busy while Daddy is away. 2 more weeks!
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great ships! we'll have to take him down there next time out.
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