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| This pirate flag was the event log book. |
The Pirates High Seas Adventure, GC395WZ, was the greatest geocaching event ever. It combined two of our favorite pastimes, pirates & geocaching. It took place on August 25th., 2012, when two historic tall ships, The Lady Washington and The Hawaiian Chieftain, visited the Bremerton waterfront.
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| The Lady Washington |
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| The Hawaiian Chieftain |
First, there was a free geocaching meet & greet, on the boardwalk in Bremerton, right beside where the beautiful ships were docked.
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| Docked in Bremerton, Wa. |
The event was organized by our friends & fellow geocachers, Goblindust, Shop99er & TTUMS. There were several games with many prizes offered to keep the attending geocachers busy with fun activities. There were activities for children & adults alike that included: scratch tickets, a kid's Flat Stanley Treasure Hunt, an adult treasure hunting, caching challenges, an adult bar crawl, food, coffee & vendors.
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| Our treasure chests. |
Each person with a tall ship ticket received a key to try in our locked treasure chest. If the key opened the chest, the person won a nice prize. Prizes included geocoins, geocaching equipment & gift certificates from local businesses.
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| Don from Geocaching Team, 'The Porters in Wa' |
My husband, Don, was the pirate in charge of the treasure chest. He made sure each winner received their proper prize.
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| Jan from team, 'The Porters in Wa' |
I handed out the scratch tickets and offered the prizes to the winners. We tried really hard to make sure everyone was a winner. I don't think there were many who were disappointed with our scratch tickets. I loved working the scratch ticket table because everyone visited this table to pick up their scratch ticket, I had the opportunity to say hello to everyone and see their costumes. I don't think I missed seeing anyone.
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| Boarding the Hawaiian Chieftain |
After the shore event, we joined our pirate friends for a fun three hour sail on the beautiful Hawaiian Chieftain. We had a blast. The ships crew was terrific. They were super friendly and patiently answered all our questions about their lives and the spectacular ships.
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| Captain Shiney |
Our ship's captain was Captain Shiney. He was full of great stories and lots of fun. We all enjoyed him
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| The Wheel |
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| The old rustic cannon. |
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| Ready to fire. |
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| This hard working crew member is cleaning the barrel of the cannon after it was fired. |
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The Gorgeous Lady Washington
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Many of our friends were aboard the majestic Lady Washington, so we fired our cannons at them. Just for fun. We also fired at any Washington State ferries we happened upon. Their captains were good sports and blew their whistles back at us.
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| Looking up at the sails. |
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| A crew member working on the sails. |
This was such a fun day. We spent the day with some of our favorite friends. The events was lots of fun and the ships were amazing. We can't wait until next summer when we can do it again. I can't wait to see these beautiful ships again.
Best wishes & thanks for stopping by.
