Joshua and his parents went on an adventure over the weekend. Pensacola is celebrating it's 450th Anniversary. Events have been planned all year. This week the Spanish ship
Juan Sebastian de Elcano came to port. It is an 82 year old tall ship, the third tallest in the world. While we didn't see it with all it's sails down, we did get to go on a tour.
Tours were open from 3-6pm. We got in line around 3:30. Someone told Matt the wait was 2 1/2 hours, but I thought there was no way that was realistic and since the weather was nice (~82 deg with a breeze) we thought we'd wait it out. Joshua was decked out in a floppy hat and wearing sunscreen while Daddy toted him so surely it wouldn't be that bad.... It turns out the wait actually was 2 1/2 hours. And while the ship was impressive there were lots of "stairs" which were very steep and not ideal for flip flops of carrying babies. Seriously, check out this picture of the stairs - all I'll say is this: they are not OSHA approved.
Still it was an impressive vessel and super cool that Joshua's first time on a ship is on a piece of history. Joshua was a really good sport. He never fussed or cried. He even drank a bottle while in line which was hard to do with all the people around him which were interesting to look at. He's the perfect baby boy!
************************I'm so sleepy!***************************
Joshua and his parents went on an adventure over the weekend. Pensacola is celebrating it's 450th Anniversary. Events have been planned all year. This week the Spanish ship Juan Sebastian de Elcano came to port. It is an 82 year old tall ship, the third tallest in the world. While we didn't see it with all it's sails down, we did get to go on a tour. 
Tours were open from 3-6pm. We got in line around 3:30. Someone told Matt the wait was 2 1/2 hours, but I thought there was no way that was realistic and since the weather was nice (~82 deg with a breeze) we thought we'd wait it out. Joshua was decked out in a floppy hat and wearing sunscreen while Daddy toted him so surely it wouldn't be that bad.... It turns out the wait actually was 2 1/2 hours. And while the ship was impressive there were lots of "stairs" which were very steep and not ideal for flip flops of carrying babies. Seriously, check out this picture of the stairs - all I'll say is this: they are not OSHA approved. 
Still it was an impressive vessel and super cool that Joshua's first time on a ship is on a piece of history. Joshua was a really good sport. He never fussed or cried. He even drank a bottle while in line which was hard to do with all the people around him which were interesting to look at. He's the perfect baby boy!
************************I'm so sleepy!***************************
1 comment:
That first picture is MATT!! I usually think Joshua looks more like Mommy than Daddy, but I sure recognize my own baby boy in that one! Too sweet!
Love to all,
Grandottie
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