We are home from the Northglenn Pirate Fest, a fine time, a smooth trip all the way, but maybe next time we will stay another night rather than drive the ~80 miles back to the Springs exhausted and in the dark. Beautiful venue: EB Rains Park, a gem of green lawns, happy little trees, and a wide pond big enough for a pirate ship and a cardboard/duct tape boat regatta. Perfect weather: not too hot, not too windy, and no precip at all! It would have been a real bugger to deal wi th inclement... Sign in to see full entry.