John got home from tour a week and a half before Thanksgiving. It was unseasonably cold. Perhaps 55. Boo. But we braved the cold and went down to River Street to check out the tall ship, the "Peacemaker", that was newly docked there. (For those of you who don't know this, I love tall ships. Not obsessively enough to know lots of information about them, just enough to think they're really interesting to see and to make not too out of the way trips to see them.)
This particular tall ship was owned by "the Twelve Tribes" a sort of Christiany/Jewish teeny tiny religious sect. Try this Wikipedia page for more somewhat biased sounding info.
This particular tall ship was owned by "the Twelve Tribes" a sort of Christiany/Jewish teeny tiny religious sect. Try this Wikipedia page for more somewhat biased sounding info. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Tribes_(New_religious_movement)
My favorite little blurb about them involves the founding of the religion. Because the church in Chattanooga that the founder attended did not have services one Sunday due to the Superbowl, he decided to start his own.
Anyway, we went to see the boat and were pleasantly surprised that we were allowed to have a look around. I think it went along with general respectability and the hope we would either join their church or buy something from their quasi-Amish store.
Obviously, this is the wheelhouse. In addition to the wheel, the cabin was stuffed with high tech gadgetry as well. 
This is River Street as seen through the rear cabin window.
This is the bow as seen from the front cabin/sitting/dining room.
I also like funky old hardware, such as the window hardware above and the hinge below.
This lantern below was in the stairwell from main deck level to the upper deck.
My favorite little blurb about them involves the founding of the religion. Because the church in Chattanooga that the founder attended did not have services one Sunday due to the Superbowl, he decided to start his own.Anyway, we went to see the boat and were pleasantly surprised that we were allowed to have a look around. I think it went along with general respectability and the hope we would either join their church or buy something from their quasi-Amish store.Obviously, this is the wheelhouse. In addition to the wheel, the cabin was stuffed with high tech gadgetry as well. This is River Street as seen through the rear cabin window.This is the bow as seen from the front cabin/sitting/dining room.I also like funky old hardware, such as the window hardware above and the hinge below.This lantern below was in the stairwell from main deck level to the upper deck.We took some of their literature and listened/discussed with one of the ladies on board the religion and the boat owning. She was the public relations person that day. And we were the public.
In the quick browse of the literature I did not discover the meaning of life or really anything else elucidating.
