Ahoy Matey’s! (Ok, that might be pirate talk getting the better of me…)
Janet and I had the nautical pleasure of participating in the Redpath Tall Ships Festival down at Toronto’s Waterfront over the Canada Day weekend.
Tallships, BBQ’s, HTO Park… and cookies! It was the perfect mixture of ingredients to make a joyous Canada Weekend.
The Tallships Festival kicked off with a grand opening ceremony down at HTO Park. We jigged away to the merry music provided by Poor Angus, a Hamilton based band.
Poor Angus sets the mood with songs from the sea!
The ceremonies went off with a bang! And the Tallships were open for business.
Janet and I were lucky enough to receive wristbands that let us walk around the ships and explore.
Land, ho!
Of course, we were down at the Waterfront greeting everyone that was out and about during the lovely weekend (and lovely it was! Janet and I are now the proud owners of tanned arms!). We had the truck with us and plenty of cookies to go around!
We had so many visitors over the weekend! It was great to meet so many smiling faces and share the holiday weekend with everyone. We even met a few people who used to deliver milk! They remembered the milk trucks fondly and shared their stories of delivery with us. Did you know that they used to drive the trucks standing up?! That’s skill.
On Sunday, we were invited to attend the Parade of Sails. We watched as the Tallships made their way from Toronto and on to their next port. We gathered to wave goodbye at the sailors and captains as we watched their amazing sails go!
We waved goodbye as the Tallships left the harbour
It was a great festival. We got to learn information about Tallships and meet interesting new friends! Thanks to everyone that came out and stopped by to chat with us.
Savannah and Janet make sweet looking sailors!