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Posted on: Saturday 10 October 2009
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Albums: Vacations / 2009 NCL Gem to Florida and the Bahamas / Freeport, our last port of call... / Swimming with dolphins

"You laughing at me?"

2 of 4 of the dolphins

5 engines to thurst up the rocket

65 steps down...

A group petting of a dolphin

A grown up oyster bar, now a mangrove tree island.

A mature air plant with flower stem

A orange butterfly

Above Fort Charlotte

Adan (on right) with friend...the best greeter in the AM!

Airplants growing on trees

All gone...what a beauty to watch!

All of the dolphins are female...

Almost every room has a view...

Almost in front of her.

Anhinga and Common Cooter turtle

Anne (Erica's mom)

Another lizard basking

Another look at the lighthouse in winter.

Another satellite

Another view (officially Pileated Woodpecker)

Another view of 39A

Another view of her.

Any good shells?

Anything could be beyond...

Approaching the land

Approaching the unloading zone...

Asian inspired chocolate sculpture

Back of the top of the shuttle

Backside of an Anhinga

Bald Eagle flying around

Ball Lake over view

Basic oyster bar

Beautiful color water

Black-Crowned Night-Heron

Blackbeard battling

Blue fish closer to us.

Both of us kept with this dolphin

Boy, that ocean is rumbling.

Brad (Brian's dad)

Brian and Erica...

Brian and his mom (Cheryl)

Brian likes this one...

Brooklin Bridge

Brookline Bridge...maybe?

Butterflies and lizards on our walk...

Butterfly is in the middle of the picture...

Cannon view from above

Changing weather

Cheryl befriends a pirate

Chocolate coral reef

Chocolate Piano

Chocolate Sculpture

Close-up of crossbones and skull

Close-up view of the runway

Close-up with Yellow/black fish

Close-up...are you sure it's an elephant?

Closer cannon view

Closer to our room...30 minutes of tendering later...

Closer to the open sea

Clouds floating around

Coastal rocket launchers

Come on it's fun!

Coming closer to the lady

Common Cooter Turtle

Coral reef of sugar...

Country living in the reef.

Couple of rock islands at the place...

Cover to orginal well

Crystal clear water...

Dad and Penny cooking...

Dad and Penny enjoying the dock on the private beach.

Dad, Erica, and Penny

Deadly Dinner for 2

Defending the Bahamas

Different coral

Different fish swimming

Don't these humans look silly!

Dreaming of younger days...

Drying out - Anhinga

End of roll out run-way

End view of USS Intrepid

Enjoying the ocean view

Entering the Pirate Museum

Entrance into Nassau

Erica is held captive

Erica on the balcony...

Erica on the island...not a good picture....

Erosion lines visable

Everything washes up, including a seal skeleton.

Explorer Shuttle on display

Fort Charlotte Information

Fort Charlotte main entrance

Fort Fincastle information

Fort Fincastle's guns

Front door entry way lined with plants.

General view at port

Getting closer to the main land

Going down soon

Graceful ice bird...

Gray fish swimming

Gray fish with a black dot

Great Stirup Cay

Great Stirup Cay water...beautiful blue.

Groove in the wall from the drawbridge

Head-on view of the rocket engines

Heading into port

Her name is Cocoon...from the movie.

Hey look out....

Hey this is our beach now!

How they loaded cargo

How to drive on the moon

I enjoyed this greatly!

Info at look out tower

Information about weapons

Interesting ice and fruit sculpture

Is the world realy round? Looks flat!

Isn't she beautiful?

Just a beautiful island!

Just about there

Last swim of the time we had together!

Launch Pad 39A info

Leaving the terminal

Left: Anhinga paddling Right: Anhinga drying

Left: Little Blue Heron Right: Anhinga

Let it go a bit higher...

Letter from a military man

Life at sea information

Life in a wave pool...

Life in service of the Military

Little Blue Heron

Little tracks left

Living quarters on the ship

Look at that ocean color!

Looks like a greek god...

Lord Dunmore's cell

Lord Dunmore's thoughts

Love how the waves looked here...

Love the artwork on the sides...

Lunar Rover 1 view

Luner Roving Vehicle info

Manhatten Terminal

Military lizard

Mock shuttle command

Modern chocolate art

Monday's Towel animal - Penguin

More breaking waves

More information

Moving closer to the end of our trip.

My father-in-law under the Saturn 5 rocket

NASA buildings off in the background

Nassau Water Tower

Nassau's Lighthouse

Nauset Lighthouse

NCL Gem from the tender boat

NCL ships all seem to smile on the front...

NCL welcome sign of Chocoholic Buffet

Near the top of the shuttle

Nice chocolate design

Nice scenary...

Norwegian Gem at port

Now the lizard poses

Now this is how to fly a kite!

Now we have to leave!

Older snail colony...

On the tender boat back to the Gem

Onboard surgery

One dolphin waiting

One popped up behind me.

Only half of the Saturn 5 rocket

other side of people shuttle

Our balcony has the white spot on the glass...middle of picture...

Our balcony...it had some great views this vacation!

Our cabin balcony...2 up from back of #9 boat.

Our dolphins waiting.

Over head...clouds

Overhead view of coral

Penny on the lanai

People part of the shuttle

Pirate Museum of Nassau (outside)

Private community beach.

Queen's Staircase

Rainbow at sunset

Reaching for the dolphin

Rest of Fort Charlotte Information

Rest of the lanai

Retired launch pads

Rocket engines up close

Rockets that are used with the shuttles

Roll way road made of gravel

Rover Info continued

Sand covered coral

Satellite on display

Saturn 5 rocket

Sea urchin hiding...

Seal head out of water

Seal head...clearer

See how thick the castle walls were...

She felt like wet rubber

She is so fun to swim with!

She loved belly scratches...

ship: Revenge at port

Ships at port...

Side of the Bulldog

Sideview of Elephant

Sideview of Penguin

Sideview of Sitting Pig

Sideview of the NCL Gem

Small yellow fish

Snails all over the rocks

Snails finding homes in the nooks and crannies...

Starting point of roll out runway

Statue from a far

Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty's left side

Statues in the windows of the town when pirates were around.

Stealth fighter jet

Steve (brother) at bottom of the staircase

STS-125 mission on Launch pad 39A

Sugar coral reef

Sun glistening on the blue water....

Sun starting to set.

Sunday's animal - bulldog

Sunrise on our way back to NYC

Tender boat to take us to the island.

That way is were everyone else was...

The antena of the Rover

The backend of a rocket

The east coast of Florida

The hole they climb into the shuttle

The Military Storehouse of Our Island

The Pirates' Code of Conduct

The port at Freeport

The ship is all chocolate!

The signs states to drive slowly!

The start of our group swim.

The Statue of Liberty in the morning sun.

The the shuttles are assembled

The water washes up...

The wave is here

The well is VERY deep...

There is a seal head there...

They are 6 feet long.

They were getting impatient...

This building is the height of 2 football fields

This cannon can shoot our ship!

This cannon could hit our ship too!

This is AWESOME!

This is how close we were while kayaking.

This kite flies well!

Thursday's Animal - Elephant

Top of Saturn 5 Rocket

Trainers gettting ready for our swim.

Tree up-shot, we love these.

Trees around Dad's house

Tuesday's Animal - Seal

Typical scene on a beach

Under the ocean

Upper: Louisiana [aka Tricolor] Heron Lower: Purple Gullinule

Upper: Louisiana [aka Tricolor] Heron Lower: Purple Gallinule

USS Intrepid Museum with many planes...

View 2 of Rover

View off our balcony

Walls of the Queen's Staircase

Waves breaking in the ocean

Waves bring food to the snails

We swam around for about 30 minutes.

We're both enjoying the swim

We're getting closer...

Wednesday's Animal - Sitting Pig

What is out there?

Where did she go?

White Chocolate Piano

Why not collect shells at 20 degrees?

Winter means bird beach, not human!

Wonderful kitchen

Woody Woodpecker in person

You lived with your food.

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