Ahoy ye wenches and scallywags!!
There were pirates everywhere in Chicago--just everywhere!! I was in wench heaven!! I thought these photos deserved their own thread so the folks who just think I'm some kind of nutcase can ignore all this nonsense.
They were at the airport.......
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0379.jpg)
At Navy Pier......
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0384.jpg)
and this is how they got there....
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0386.jpg)
on the beautiful square-rigger "Windy."
And there was this scallywag at the Pier, too!
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/NavyPierPirate.jpg)
He was a real cutie!!
There were more pirates at the Field Museum of Natural History......
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0396.jpg)
Biggest Jolly Roger I ever saw!!
They were climbing the walls.......
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0401.jpg)
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0397.jpg)
and they were just hanging out.......
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0400.jpg)
And there was this really fearsome one that scared the beejeezus outta me!!!!!
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0402.jpg)
Look familiar?
![Huh ???](https://www.anausa.org/smf/Smileys/classic/huh.gif)
??
Not to mention the PBW Pirates at the symposium!!!!!
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0404.jpg)
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0405.jpg)
There was even this one who dressed as a "normal person" for the Gala!!!!
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0408.jpg)
But the most fearsome scurvey scallywag of all was this bloke...........
![](http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee60/Captdeb_photos/IMG_0407.jpg)
Shiver me timbers!!!!!!!!!
AAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!
Capt Deb
PS somehow I missed Mauradin' Mary-wench and her get-up in all the fuss. Could someone please post a pic or two of her and the dreaded pink walking stick!!!