After the last installment, I promised I’d do Part 2 today, so here it is:
Blackbeard’s Revenge: The Return to Hampton, Part 2!
This was the personal ad that won over my girlfriend.
Last time we went to the Festival, in 2006, we were there for 2 days. Not having learned our lesson, this was again the plan. So we had plenty of time to really absorb all the piratey fun. We learned a lot about pirates. We stared hungrily at their dinner. Dad stared at their metal work. He blacksmiths. It’s my fault.
We couldn’t have any.
Also prowling the Festival was, oddly enough, the Coast Guard. I’m not entirely sure why they were there, but they were giving away “Don’t Pollute” stickers, which were cool. Though I suppose in a way it makes sense. After all, if your job is to catch pirates, a pirate festival is the right place to go.
Hey! They caught one!
Besides the pirate camp, there were also some other cool things to see. They had some tall ships kickin’ it there (three this year), but I only got to captain the one:
No it’s not backwards. This ship sails in reverse!
At the festival they also had, during the day, various people singing various pirate ditties. My personal favorite line:
“And it’s twiddly-i dee-i dee-i, twiddly-i dee-ay
Well it’s oftentimes a man will leave you broken with dismay
And it’s twiddly-i dee-i dee-i, twiddly-i dee-ay
But there’s other things to twiddle when your man has sailed away.”
Hee hee hoo ha. And since pirates are oh so hip, at one point they started giving away some treasure. And, being such a hip kid myself, I slapped that shit on:
Hot shit.
Overall, I had a lot of fun at the Blackbeard Festival and I took a lot of pictures. It was pretty good for the size that it is, and the people there sure were having fun. Don’t know if I would go there for two days if I were you, but if you’re into it, eh, why not? My only real dissapointment is that Blackbeard died again. He’s gonna win one of these years.
I get it all from my dad.
