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

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After research...this is called Eddy Elephant...very popular.

Brian and Cheryl

"You laughing at me?"

5 engines to thurst up the rocket

65 steps down...

A couple of feet of snow!

A marooned pirate

A orange butterfly

Above Fort Charlotte

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

Aft of a ship decorations

Almost every room has a view...

Almost in front of her.

Andrew Deveaux Jr., Don Juan Manuel de Cagigal, and Esek Hopkins

Anne (Erica's mom)

Another lizard basking

Another satellite

Another view of 39A

Another view of Fort Charlotte

Another view of her.

Approaching the land

Approaching the unloading zone...

Aries the Liger Baby Swimming

Asian inspired chocolate sculpture

Back of the top of the shuttle

Bahama Island Coat of Arms

Bahamas Historic Plaque for Fort Fincastle

Bald Eagle flying around

Barrels on a ship

Beautiful color water

Beer Lane, London, England 1735

Black pirates in the Caribbean?

Blackbeard battling

Brad (Brian's dad)

Brad and Cheryl

Brian and Cheryl go shopping

Brian and Erica...

Brian and his mom (Cheryl)

Brian likes this one...

Brooklin Bridge

Brookline Bridge...maybe?

Building Fort Charlotte

Butterflies and lizards on our walk...

Butterfly is in the middle of the picture...

Can you get the car to reverse?

Cannon view from above

Captain Woodes Rogers' journal

Cheryl befriends a pirate

Chocolate coral reef

Chocolate Piano

Chocolate Sculpture

Christopher Columbus, Woodes Rogers and Edward Teach

Close-up of crossbones and skull

Close-up view of the runway

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

Closer view of the Stealth Fighter

Coastal rocket launchers

Coming closer to the lady

Conditions below deck

Conflicts in the New World

Contraptions to hold pirates

Cool snowy view of the back of the house.

Coral reef of sugar...

Couple of rock islands at the place...

Cover to orginal well

Crystal clear water...

Deadly Dinner for 2

Defending the Bahamas

Dividing the Loot

Driving by the Cape Cod Canal

Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

End of roll out run-way

End view of USS Intrepid

Entering the Pirate Museum

Entrance into Nassau

Erica at the top of the Queen's Staircase

Erica is held captive

Erica on the balcony...

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

Even I-495 is covered!

Explaining how gross it was

Explorer Shuttle on display

Flight Deck of USS Intrepid

Foliage around the Queen's Staircase

Fort Charlotte Information

Fort Charlotte main entrance

Fort Fincastle information

Fort Fincastle story

Fort Fincastle's guns

Fort Finncastle (different angle)

Fort Finncastle and the Water tower

Fort Nassau September 15, 1718

Fort Stanley and Fort D'Arcy

Fortifying New Providence

Gain Knowledge of these Fortress Guns

General view at port

Getting closer to the main land

Good food and wine

Govinda and Sloka

Graceful ice bird...

Great Stirup Cay

Great Stirup Cay water...beautiful blue.

Groove in the wall from the drawbridge

Hanging out on the Waterfront

Head-on view of the rocket engines

Heading into port

Heading out for some nice photos.

How they loaded cargo

How to drive on the moon

In Defence of Nassau

Info at look out tower

Information about cannons used there

Information about weapons

Inside the jail

Interesting ice and fruit sculpture

Is this a better place to stand?

Isn't she beautiful?

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

Just a beautiful island!

Lady Liberty at dusk

Lady Liberty's face close up

Launch Pad 39A info

Leaving the terminal

Letter from a military man

Life at sea information

Life in a wave pool...

Life in service of the Military

Life in the Merchant Navy

Living quarters on the ship

Look at that ocean color!

Looks like a greek god...

Lord Dunmore's cell

Lord Dunmore's thoughts

Lots of wet snow fell this year.

Love how the waves looked here...

Love the artwork on the sides...

Lunar Rover 1 view

Luner Roving Vehicle info

Manhatten Terminal

Many pirates kept parrots...T/F?

Map of Americas

Military lizard

Mock shuttle command

Modern chocolate art

Mom Calhoun and Stephen

Monday's Towel animal - Penguin

More information

More Pirate Artifacts

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

NCL Gem as seen from Fort Fincastle

NCL Gem boat artwork

NCL Gem from the tender boat

NCL Gem Pool Deck

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

NCL welcome sign of Chocoholic Buffet

Near the top of the shuttle

Neat view of the cables on the Sagamore Bridge

Nice chocolate design

Nice scenary...

Norwegian Gem at port

Now the lizard poses

Oh oh...wrong place to stand!

Ojas and his human friends

Older snail colony...

On the tender boat back to the Gem

Onboard surgery

Only half of the Saturn 5 rocket

Orange tail one: UH-1A Huey

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.

Outside of the fort

Outside the cells

Part of Providence Island

Passing the Staten Island Ferry

People of Fort Charlotte

People part of the shuttle

Pirate Artifacts

Pirate Museum of Nassau (outside)

Pirate paintings

Pirates with the islanders

Plane on USS Intrepid

Press Yard Info

Purpose of holes in the casemate

Queen's Staircase

Rahmesh Swimming

Read Elding Info

Rest of Fort Charlotte Information

Retired launch pads

Road...what road...just follow the tire tracks.

Rocket engines up close

Rockets that are used with the shuttles

Roll way road made of gravel

Rover Info continued

Satellite on display

Saturn 5 rocket

Seal head out of water

See for Yourself

See how thick the castle walls were...

Shanty Town mock-up

ship: Revenge at port

Ships at port...

Shows how some stuff was stored

Side of the Bulldog

Sideview of Elephant

Sideview of Penguin

Sideview of Sitting Pig

Sideview of the NCL Gem

Sir Milo Boughton Butler

Snails all over the rocks

Snails finding homes in the nooks and crannies...

Snow stuck to everything!

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

Stephen was caught!

Steve (brother) at bottom of the staircase

Steve's trying to get the car cleaned off to leave, but the snow keeps falling.

Strengthening the Defenses

STS-125 mission on Launch pad 39A

Sugar coral reef

Sun glistening on the blue water....

Sunday's animal - bulldog

Sunrise on our way back to NYC

Suryia by the Pool Side

Suryia, Bubbles, Buggy

Tender boat to take us to the island.

That is a STOP sign...you can barely see the red under the snow.

That way is were everyone else was...

The "Revenge" ship info

The antena of the Rover

The Attractions of Piracy

The backend of a rocket

The east coast of Florida

The Fine Forts of Nassau

The front of the Norwegian Gem

The green door is turning white!

The Hilltop Fortress

The hole they climb into the shuttle

The Military Storehouse of Our Island

The Pirates' Code of Conduct

The port at Freeport

The Regiments of Fort Charlotte

The Ruths talking to the guide

The ship is all chocolate!

The signs states to drive slowly!

The snowman moved out of the way of the car.

The Statue of Liberty in the morning sun.

The statue of the Bahamian Woman

The the shuttles are assembled

The well is VERY deep...

The wet snow is just pulling everything down!

The wet snow stuck to everything!

This building is the height of 2 football fields

This cannon can shoot our ship!

This cannon could hit our ship too!

Thursday's Animal - Elephant

Timeline: Nassau Harbour

To Set a Warship Ablaze

Top of Saturn 5 Rocket

Touissaint Louverture

True, pirates had parrots

True, pirates were black

Tuesday's Animal - Seal

Unsure of what animal...any thoughts?

USS Intrepid Museum with many planes...

View 2 of Rover

View off our balcony

Waiting for a Hanged Pirate

Walking around in port

Walking in Fort Charlotte

Walls of the Queen's Staircase

War! And Peace?

Waves bring food to the snails

We're getting closer...

Wednesday's Animal - Sitting Pig

What happens when you clean your car without a scraper.

What has become of the old well?

What Lord Dunmore has done

What you see when looking straight up on the Queen's Staircase

White Chocolate Piano

Who built Fort Charlotte?

Who carved the graffiti?

Why Did Pirates Disappear?

Why These Places Have Failed Us

Wider shot of the Flight Deck

Yellow one is: Sikorsky HO4S-3G (H-19) Chicka

You lived with your food.

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