A Tall Ship and Humidty to Sail Her By
This week, the Hermione was docked in Alexandria, Virginia for tours and picture taking and lots and lots of people:
Hermione, an exact replica of the ship that brought the Marquis de Lafayette to George Washington with news of full French aid in 1780, turning the tide of the American Revolution.
I was hoping to get a ticket for a tour on board, so I left home at 7:30 and got there probably about eightish. There were already 200 people in line for the stand-by tickets.
It was also headed into the eighties and very humid. So I walked around and took pictures of the ship.
It was a lot bigger than I expected. There is truth to John Masefield’s poem line, “And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by.” The masts were easily three stories tall.
It was so big I was having trouble getting a picture of the whole ship.
- Posted in: Photos ♦ Travel
- Tagged: Alexandria, George Washington, Hermione, Northern Virginia, Tall ship
Tall ships are so awe inspiring! I can’t imagine going out on the open ocean in something like that, but I love looking at them. Sorry you didn’t get to tour the ship – but you got to see it and take photos. 🙂
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