This past Father's Day weekend saw the 10th annual Northern California Pirate Festival in Vallejo. 2 days and one night of revelry, mischief, drinking, a sailor singing sea shanties, mermaids swimming in a lagoon, the Barbary Coast Burlesque, sword dancers and snakes, and 2 Irish rock bands.
I wield the flail of the lashing hail,
And whiten the green plains under,
And then again I dissolve it in rain,
And laugh as I pass in thunder.
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossom'd many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
