Ayla of Duluth
01-20-2013, 01:32 AM
So on July 24th through the 30th, Duluth MN is having an event called the Tall Ships 2013, where a ton of huge pirate looking ships come and dock in the harbor and you can take tours on them and even go out sailing on them. Its a huge event where people come from all over the place to enjoy the festivities. Pirate music, artisan crafts, sales everywhere, rum, and the like. General piratey things.
Anyways, a little while ago I got an email from a fellow Minnesotan mermaid, and she was interested in coming up for the event. There is a TON of cool things to do here besides the tall ships. We have awesome beaches for photo shoots and plenty of places to swim, so I was just curious to see if anyone would be willing to take the journey up here to be mermaids with us. Her and I were going to get a motel room at the Radisson which is only a few blocks away from all the festivities, it features a pool, hot tub, and sauna, and a top floor spinning restaurant. Very cheap rooms for such a lovely hotel, I'd be willing to pitch in a bunch of money if anyone wanted to come up here and stay a night or two.
I figured this might be the perfect opportunity to arrange a huge meetup, not just for the mermaids in Minnesota, [there aren't many] but for anyone who was willing to come up here. There is a ton of other stuff to do, Duluth is a tourist based city so there are lots of unique shops and activities to do. And everything is within walking distance of itself. If anyone is maybe considering coming up for a visit, it would give me plenty of time to arrange a wonderful meetup for all of us. Some things I was thinking we could do:
-Of course, swim at the motel and enjoy the top floor rotating restaurant
-Take a cruise on the Vista Fleet
-Photo shoot/swim on the beach
-Carriage rides
-We obviously have to watch the tall ships come in, and maybe we could catch a thousand footer coming under the bridge one day
-Train ride up the north shore
-Maritime museum and train depot
-Enger Tower
-Enjoy the tall ships festivities
-ICE CREAM AT THE GRANDMAS BOXCAR SERIOUSLY
-Eat at a local diner or whatever its called, someplace unique to Duluth
-Hit up the local gift shops for mermaid accessories [theres a metric ton of places that sell seashells and netting and other nice nice things]
-You guys wanna go inside a 750 foot cargo ship? You got it.
-Boardwalk!
-Visit the aquarium
If you guys need more reasons to come up to Duluth for this, I can certainly do that. xD But anyways, yeah. You know how Merpalooza was a big event for the mermaid community? Well the Tall Ships is a big event for the Minnesota community. So it would be awesome if we could at least get a few other mers up here. I know Iona had to sit through my sugar high rant on why she should come up, so there it is for the rest of you. :3
Here (http://visitduluth.com/tallships2013/) is a website with more information on it, and here is a youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Jl3R6sTXk) of what's in store for the Tall Ships this year. These are just two of the nine ships that came in that day. [Watch it all the way through, its impressive.] Also, Jack Sparrow will be present.
Anyways, a little while ago I got an email from a fellow Minnesotan mermaid, and she was interested in coming up for the event. There is a TON of cool things to do here besides the tall ships. We have awesome beaches for photo shoots and plenty of places to swim, so I was just curious to see if anyone would be willing to take the journey up here to be mermaids with us. Her and I were going to get a motel room at the Radisson which is only a few blocks away from all the festivities, it features a pool, hot tub, and sauna, and a top floor spinning restaurant. Very cheap rooms for such a lovely hotel, I'd be willing to pitch in a bunch of money if anyone wanted to come up here and stay a night or two.
I figured this might be the perfect opportunity to arrange a huge meetup, not just for the mermaids in Minnesota, [there aren't many] but for anyone who was willing to come up here. There is a ton of other stuff to do, Duluth is a tourist based city so there are lots of unique shops and activities to do. And everything is within walking distance of itself. If anyone is maybe considering coming up for a visit, it would give me plenty of time to arrange a wonderful meetup for all of us. Some things I was thinking we could do:
-Of course, swim at the motel and enjoy the top floor rotating restaurant
-Take a cruise on the Vista Fleet
-Photo shoot/swim on the beach
-Carriage rides
-We obviously have to watch the tall ships come in, and maybe we could catch a thousand footer coming under the bridge one day
-Train ride up the north shore
-Maritime museum and train depot
-Enger Tower
-Enjoy the tall ships festivities
-ICE CREAM AT THE GRANDMAS BOXCAR SERIOUSLY
-Eat at a local diner or whatever its called, someplace unique to Duluth
-Hit up the local gift shops for mermaid accessories [theres a metric ton of places that sell seashells and netting and other nice nice things]
-You guys wanna go inside a 750 foot cargo ship? You got it.
-Boardwalk!
-Visit the aquarium
If you guys need more reasons to come up to Duluth for this, I can certainly do that. xD But anyways, yeah. You know how Merpalooza was a big event for the mermaid community? Well the Tall Ships is a big event for the Minnesota community. So it would be awesome if we could at least get a few other mers up here. I know Iona had to sit through my sugar high rant on why she should come up, so there it is for the rest of you. :3
Here (http://visitduluth.com/tallships2013/) is a website with more information on it, and here is a youtube video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3Jl3R6sTXk) of what's in store for the Tall Ships this year. These are just two of the nine ships that came in that day. [Watch it all the way through, its impressive.] Also, Jack Sparrow will be present.