The Puddles

I took the troop to spend the night on the Tall Ship Elissa.  This tall ship still sails! Although it will be going into dry dock (by now) for a million dollar hull, the goal is for another voyage in October (?).  I can’t remember.  I just think that an actual working tall ship is a really cool experience.  The girls had a great time.  Each group of girls had watch.  My group was from 4:00-5:00am with a wakeup time of 6:00am we had the WORSE time slot. But the girls made the best of it.  During the night the girls got to go over the ship with one of the volunteers, like way down in the bilge area and captain’s quarters.  Plus all of the girls slept on the deck.  It was really overcast, but I pulled out my iphone and stars app and we looked at the stars.  Since the girls have done the fundamentals, they get to go on the next overnight.  A pirate adventure.  They look for buried treasure on the ship!

All of the volunteers stayed in character from the 1880’s.  When I took a picture with my iphone, I was told to “put your devil machine away.” Eventhough we were tired, it was still fun.  Plus I had a really had a good time with Madie.  I slept on the deck next to her.  It was fun!  I can’t wait to go back!