{Pirate Ships! AKA Tall Ships}

On Saturday the husband and I got to sleep in :) I get to sleep in and take naps on a regular basis, but never with the husband, so that was fun. After a lazy start to our day, we debated whether to head down town and face the rain and storm clouds or to stay at home. We decided to go and went down to Navy Pier to take a look at some pirate ships! Ok, they weren't real pirate ships, but they were real old ships that were used in the war of 1812. Cool, yes? But, I will refer to them as pirate ships because they looked like pirate ships, I love pirates, and it makes it seem more epic. They were offering tours of some and on others you could buy tickets to take a ride on them up and down the river. We, wanting to be on the cheaper side, opted to just do a tour of 2 of the ships. 

I included this picture just because my husband is a stud :)

 While we were standing in the really long line to buy tickets we had two different people come up at different times and offer us the extra tickets that they had. How nice is that?! "Umm, we have an extra ticket that we didn't use, do you want it?" YES! that happened twice so that means that free tickets for us! Double bonus.

 So excited!

I was very much tempted to climb up those ropes...

Going down.....

It was very cramped down there and so we didn't stay down there too long, it was not very comfortable for me and my big ol' belly.

I loved these little rope mats that they had all over the ship - kinda fun! 

My husband is epic.

The second ship we got to tour

check out that massive anchor!

There were pirates after all! This is me making my pirate face!

The weather was perfect pirate weather - a little bit rainy and stormy. It helped set the mood and kept large crowds away, which was very nice.