Vacation Report #5

While taking in the sights of Galveston, Lissa was impressed that they had a ship named after her... wait a minute! Something's fishy here, and I don't mean that pungent aroma floating across the bay!




According to the
Galveston Historical Foundation:

ELISSA is a three-masted, iron-hulled sailing ship built in 1877 in Aberdeen, Scotland... She carries nineteen sails covering over one-quarter of an acre in surface area. From her stern to the tip of her jibboom she measures 205 feet. Her height is 99 feet, 9 inches at the main mast... But, she is much more than iron, wood and canvas...

That's right. She's an awesome cool pirate ship! Manned by the scurviest scoundrels that sailed the seven seas! Deck Hand Calico Cassie, First Mate Tim "Black Dog" Duncan, Captain One-eyed Juanita & Ship's Cook Bonny Black Barbara!
Though it may not have actually been a pirate ship, it was an awesome cool feeling to be on the deck of something very much like it. After perusing the ship from stem to stern we dined next door with the Elissa right outside the window.