Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain

(written on February 17, 2018)

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~ Nissa Rae

One day in August my mom said to me.... "Hey, the Lady Washington is over at the Brownsville docks, do you want to go see?" then she added, "Lady Washington was in the Pirates of the Caribbean movie."   Of course Noah's head snapped around and he was all "What?" ... lol...  his favorite movies ever.  So of course we HAD to go ...

1993: The FIRST movie that the Lady Washington appeared in was the movie Star Trek: Generations, it appeared as the brig Enterprise on the holodeck which is the namesake of the Starship Enterprise.

In 2003 - Lady Washington sailed to the Caribbean to appear in the movie Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl where it protrayed the HMS Interceptor.  (The ship stolen by Johnny Depp and Orlando Bloom)

She was also in:

•  Disney's animated feature Treasure Planet as the basis for th e RLS Legacy
•  Chinese immigrants were transported to America in the IMAX film The Great American West.
• On the TV Miniseries Blackbeard she was a prominently featured ship. 
• In Macklemore's "Can't Hold Us" music video 
• In Once Upon A Time, she has been Captain Hook's ship the Jolly Roger. 
• and more.... probably ... lol... 

First sailing partnership with Hawaiian Chieftain started in 1998

Lady Washington <------- Lots of info and history!
Hawaiian Chieftain <----- Lots of info and history!

Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain visit 40 to 50 ports a year in Washington, Oregon, and California, with occasional visits to British Columbia.

Donations ($5 suggested) are accepted for coming on the boats and touring it yourself.  You can go on an evening sail for about $50 per person.  There is also a longer passage to a connecting port that costs $100 per person, but you would have to figure out how to get home.  Most of the time, they also do a mock ship battle if both ships are together.  Some ports it's only one ship - either The Lady Washington OR the Hawaiian Chieftain.  So it's good to know  and keep an eye out to the ports near you!

You can check the SAILING SCHEDULE and plan your own trip to see this most amazing boat!

The Lady Washington is on the left and the Hawaiian Chieftain is to the right with the smaller mast

The Hawaiian Chieftain ...

The Lady Washington

The following photos are all aboard The Lady Washington....

This is a signed piece of the sign from the cast and crew of Pirates - no I didn't see Johnny Depp's signature...

Our whole family on The Lady Washington ....

The following photos are all aboard Hawaiian Chieftain...

We were all done so Daddy popped Bubba on his shoulders..

As we were walking back to the van, we saw a ton of Jellyfish in the water close to the surface of the water ....  that was pretty cool too!

A great little space to enjoy the boats and the water of the Brownsville Marina

The boats (at least the Lady Washington) tend to come down to our local area sometime in August.  It's not highly advertised.  So usually I have to look to find out the dates it'll be down here.

They don't charge admission onto the boat, BUT - they do ask for donations.

You can check the SAILING SCHEDULE and plan your own trip to see this most amazing boat!

We all give it THUMBS UP!!  Not only is it great to say "Hey, I've been on that boat" if you are a fan of any of the shows/movies it has been in ...  but it's also just really cool regardless!

Here is the Lady Washington in one of the scenes from the Pirates movie! 

swiped off of Google.... I take zero credit ...  

THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY GO HERE AGAIN (and we do). 

Harborside Fountain Park

(written on February 17, 2018)
*Author’s Note: The photographs in this blog entry are all my own. (except the one I caption as being from Google) I respect that it may be easy to save them and print them on your own. But they are copyrighted and use of them is prohibited without my knowledge and consent. If you wish to use them, please send me an e-mail and we can discuss their use or purchase.  Thanks for your cooperation.
MoonNStarMommy@gmail.com
~ Nissa Rae

Harborside Fountain Park is in downtown Bremerton.  The location is right between the ferry terminal and the side of the Bremerton Navy Shipyard.   You get to it by walking along the side of the Puget Sound Navy Museum between the museum and the shipyard.

It is a great way to escape the heat of summer.  The water around the fountains is just a couple inches deep and the fountains provide a great surprise and rush of water ...  they are very beautiful to watch also.

We went ... meeting our Early Head Start teacher (Carmen) there.  This is the first time we were down there and it was really good fun once the little boys got used to it.  But it was all of us except Calahan - he didn't want to go.  It was DB, Noah, Nathan, Kaedyn, my cousin Ashley, and I.

When you have an almost-2-year-old who is afraid of his own shadow, yeah ... he might look at the fountains that magically erupt water like they are the devil .... at the very least, they are demons with bad bad bad intentions..... He was playing all nice and all of a sudden water shot up and scared the bajezzus out of him...

This is Noah leaning up against the fountain while it exploded (in the green swim trunks) Ashley is in the corner, in the pink shirt, pointing up at the fountain.

 Nathan is sitting in his "safe spot" laughing at the exploding fountains.  He's not ready at first to get in the water... so he's sitting there watching intently.

Carmen holding Kaedyn, trying to encourage Nathan, and Noah is in  the background.  (In the background, you can see where the ferry docks, right beside the park.

Noah waiting for the fountain to explode.  He really did have fun and enjoy it a lot on this day.

Exploded!

Ashley is trying to encourage the boys to at least come and sit on the side and put their feet in the water, I'm standing in the water... .

Okay - that's not so bad!

Mr. Noah

Nathan (AKA Tator)

Kaedyn (aka Bubba)

Noah loved it...

Nathan sitting on Daddy's lap, Bubba, and Ashley ...  (in the background Carmen is talking to some of the other kids she works with, and getting snacks out.

Bubba went over to get watermelon - his FAVORITE 

Nathan is getting very cold and you can tell.  He doesn't do well maintaining his body temperature.

 Sitting in the sun to see if that helps...

One last run of bravery into the water ... .

Okay Mom,  I'm cold...   so I sat him on my lap and wrapped him up in his towel ...

 I don't remember what he's eating there...  I *think* it's a sandwich ... 

Noah was waiting for it to explode, and then decided it was going to be awhile, so he came running in to get a snack, and then it exploded ....  (Nathan is off to the side, with his feet in the water sitting on the side again)

And he ran back! LOL

Daddy holding Bubba, Noah infront of them (not that's not Nathan sideways)

Kaedyn was not happy that the fountain exploded on him...

We packed up after this and started walking up to the car.  There is a fountain park in front of the Puget Sound Navy Museum, along the side of the road where the cars go in to pay to get on the ferry, there is a bit of a memorial park with lots of really pretty fountains.

Mr Noah walking with us to the car.

The Harborside Fountains are GREAT!!  They are really crowded on hot days, but it's worth going.   It's a lot of fun.

THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD RECOMMEND AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY GO HERE AGAIN (and we do).