Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Going Back in Time

Last Thursday Zack said that he saw these boats coming in on the bay that looked like they were another time.  He quickly went to the marainas website and saw that the Nina and the Pinta were going to be on tour there through the weekend.

They have been in our area before but we were too busy to run over and go on board.  We weren’t going to miss them this time!

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It was really a lot of fun to sorta step back in time and to imagine Christopher Columbus actually sailing across the world in boats this small.  The Nina was built to scale, the only {I believe} exact historical replica.  The Pinta was built 50% larger than the original but everything else was the same. 

6 comments:

Kelli said...

What a fun outing. We have a replica here too and those boats are very small.

Sherri said...

How NEAT! Looks like lots of fun.

Heatherlyn said...

That's very cool!!!!

Beth in NC said...

What a neat experience! Thanks for sharing your nice pics with us!

The Un-Nester said...

Yall are adorable! That must have been fun....and interesting!!

Lindsay-ann said...

Hi Joanna
It must have been amazing to see those ships. I love the great family pictures of you all onboard.
Lindsay
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