tall ships kick ass

Going to see the tall ships on Friday was way more fun than I had imagined. It turns out that even though it may be cloudy, your neck can still get really sunburned when you don't wear sunscreen. Also, just because a restaurant is literally 10 feet from the water does not mean that it will have good fish n' chips. Here are some pics:















This big-ass propeller is from a WWII ship. That lady wasn't paying attention and almost ruined the picture. I punched her in the face right after Amanda snapped this photo






















Didn't I say these were tall ships? Amand is standing to the right of this ship. She is 8'5", so imagine how tall these ships really are.
















Did you know that the LAFD has boats? Well they do, and they shoot out a crapload of water. This was one of the highlights of my day. We were about to leave when this happened. At the time we were on the deck of the ship in the picture below. Also, in the background there are green cranes that are similar to the giant cranes in San Francisco that gave George Lucas the inspiration for the Imperial Walkers in the Empire Strikes Back movie. My friend Pete is a huge nerd so he probably already knew that. I have been told that I am not much of a Star Wars fan because I did not know the name of that the little creature that hangs out with Jaba the Hutt. Turns out he is called Salacious Crumb, but I'm sure nerdy Pete knew that too.

This is the biggest boat that I saw there. It is a Mexican ship called the Cuauthemoc. It was built in Spain about 20 years ago. There were a lot of Mexican Navy guys onboard. I guess the stupid white sailor suits that our Navy guys sometimes wear are universal, because they were also wearing them.
















Finally, this is me driving the Cuauthemoc. The lady on the left laughed at me when I posed for this picture so I punched her in the face as well.

Anyways, that is all for now, but I will post a few more pics later that are pretty cool as well.