PIRATE DAZE

 

PIRATE DAZE IS HELD IN WESTPORT THE THIRD WEEKEND IN JUNE, THEY CLOSE OFF MAIN STREET AND ALL THE PIRATES COME OUT.

 

 

 

JAN AND I FOUND THIS ONE IN OUR CAMPGROUND ON OUR EARLY MORNING WALK.

 

 

JIM AND LAURIEJEAN ENTERED THE PIRATE COSTUME CONTEST......

 

 

THEY EVEN DRESSED WINI UP, SHE WAS SO CUTE....LOOKED LIKE A TRUE PIRATE DOG. LAURIEJEAN MADE ALL THEIR COSTUMES, SHE IS SO TALENTED!!

 

THERE WERE TALL PIRATES........

 

 

AND SHORT PIRATES....

 

 

AND PIRATE FAMILIES.......

 

 

 

AND THERE WAS FOOD.......

 

 

 

AND MUSIC...........

 

 

PIRATE VEHICLES............

 

 

BELLY DANCERS........

 

 

 

SINGERS.........

 

 

AND PIRATES SELLING THEIR WARES......

 

 

 

WE WALKED OUT ON ONE OF THE DOCKS AND TOOK THIS PICTURE......

 

 

YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VENDOR BOOTHS SET UP ON THE STREET.

 

 

THESE FOLKS LIVE IN THIS LARGE HOUSEBOAT....LUCKY!!!

 

LOTS OF BOATS WITH COOL NAMES.......

 

 

I LOVE THIS ONE.........

 

 

TUNA FISHING IS BIG HERE....SO THIS IS APPROPRIATE.

 

NO SEA LIONS ON THE DOCKS......WE HAVE HEARD SOMETHING THAT SOUNDS LIKE  CANONS GOING OFF AND EVERYONE TELLS US THEY THEY FIRE THESE TO KEEP THEM OFF THE DOCKS.