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Seattle Seafair Pirates Landing 2010
Posted on July 12th, 2010
I am a lobster. No, this isn’t some stupid thing where I tell you I’m really an animal blogging under the guise of a human. I’m saying I’m red. Burned. Lobster colored. My skin has been licked by the sun. And it hurts.
But it was a small price to pay for Saturday.
Saturday was a good day. It was a day I’ve been waiting for since I moved up here and heard about it. Saturday was the day that the Seafair Pirates landed at Alki beach. And the weather was fantastic.
Fuck. Yeah!
Since I’ve been waiting for this for a long time, my wife graciously agreed to spend the day with me watching the pirates land. On Saturday morning the wife and I woke up early (before noon.. before 9 even) and headed to Alki. Actually, pre-pirates, the wife and I stopped off at a fundraiser/garage sale/bake sale even for Hannah Grage. If you’re looking to make charitable donations you should go to this site and see how you can help.
So, with cookies and brownie secured, we headed to Alki beach.
We were there early, but parking was still terrible. The sky was clear, the sun was bright, and the weather was uncommonly warm for Seattle. I had thought about taking the motorcycle out which would’ve been a lot of fun, but I had a feeling I’d be drinking a rum or two.
Even though we were there early, waiting around was fun. There were a number of booths, both food and goods vendors; athletes from the university were demonstrating the pole-vault (though I can guarantee you that most of the guys were just there to see those female vaulters); and everywhere were little kids dressed as pirates, swordfighting and swashbuckling. Mind you, this is very much a family and child oriented experience so when I say kids were everywhere I mean kids were EVERYWHERE. We took up a seat on the beach and proceeded to wait.
The landing itself took a while, but the shoreline was a mass of small ships flying colors. A number of ships were even firing small cannons which kept the crowd entertained and on its toes.
After the landing we headed to Duke’s Chowder House for some lunch. I had a delicious Mojito that I didn’t order (I ordered a 10 Cane on the rocks with lime) and a glass of rum that actually was what I ordered. Have I ever mentioned how much I love drinking rum in the sun?
Anyway, I talk too much. Here are some pictures.
Tags: 10 Cane Rum, Alki Beach, Pirates, Rum, Seafair Pirates, Seattle
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