Tall Ships: America's Sail

A few weeks ago, I was fortunate to visit the NC coast for the Pepsi America's Sail event, featuring the Tall Ships. More than 150,000 people descended on the small towns of Morehead City and Beaufort NC, whose normal populations together barely total 13,000.

So yeah, it was crowded, and yeah, there was traffic, and man, was it hot! But, it was also a unique experience, and so beautiful to see the majestic tall ships sailing off the coast, their sails to the wind.

With such adventurous names as the Meka, the Compass Rose and the Cisne Branco, the sailors all prayed for wind as they set out early that Saturday morning to race through the channel, down the coast and back.

The Independence Day celebration included a parade that included the local high school marching band, military personnel and sailors from the Brazilian tall ship, the Cisne Branco. There were artists from all over the country, and concerts featuring Delbert Clinton, Train and Anna Nalick.

And, there were pirates! Argh!
It was a wonderful vacation, made even better by the fact that we got to enjoy our dog Scruffy's first trip to the beach. Everywhere we went, we were asked, "what kind of dog is that?!?"



A cute one!