Brad (Brian's dad) | Bigkitty Gallery

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Capturing the moments with his camera too. - Capturing the moments with his camera too.

Building Fort Charlotte

Beautiful color water

Touissaint Louverture

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

Aft of a ship decorations

Sideview of Elephant

Sun glistening on the blue water....

General view at port

Asian inspired chocolate sculpture

True, pirates had parrots

Modern chocolate art

A marooned pirate

Beer Lane, London, England 1735

Graceful ice bird...

Chocolate Piano

Pirates with the islanders

Thursday's Animal - Elephant

Many pirates kept parrots...T/F?

Life in the Merchant Navy

People of Fort Charlotte

Coral reef of sugar...

Looks like a greek god...

Barrels on a ship

Chocolate Sculpture

Interesting ice and fruit sculpture

Close-up view of the runway

What has become of the old well?

The "Revenge" ship info

Wednesday's Animal - Sitting Pig

How to drive on the moon

Conditions below deck

Shows how some stuff was stored

Nice chocolate design

Black pirates in the Caribbean?

The Attractions of Piracy

Brian likes this one...

Top of Saturn 5 Rocket

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

Shanty Town mock-up

Bahama Island Coat of Arms

Fort Stanley and Fort D'Arcy

Pirate Artifacts

Sideview of Sitting Pig

The east coast of Florida

The antena of the Rover

Waiting for a Hanged Pirate

Rover Info continued

Read Elding Info

What Lord Dunmore has done

The Regiments of Fort Charlotte

Another view of 39A

Why Did Pirates Disappear?

My father-in-law under the Saturn 5 rocket

Walking around in port

True, pirates were black

Sugar coral reef

Heading into port

Back of the top of the shuttle

Info at look out tower

Mock shuttle command

Only half of the Saturn 5 rocket

More Pirate Artifacts

Sunrise on our way back to NYC

Saturn 5 rocket

The Ruths talking to the guide

Press Yard Info

Fortifying New Providence

USS Intrepid Museum with many planes...

Part of Providence Island

Who built Fort Charlotte?

Look at that ocean color!

Head-on view of the rocket engines

Pirate paintings

Explaining how gross it was

Contraptions to hold pirates

Close-up of crossbones and skull

Timeline: Nassau Harbour

We're getting closer...

Closer view of the Stealth Fighter

The Statue of Liberty in the morning sun.

The the shuttles are assembled

Getting closer to the main land

Monday's Towel animal - Penguin

Stephen was caught!

Lunar Rover 1 view

Starting point of roll out runway

Dividing the Loot

Plane on USS Intrepid

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

NASA buildings off in the background

Orange tail one: UH-1A Huey

The hole they climb into the shuttle

End view of USS Intrepid

A orange butterfly

To Set a Warship Ablaze

Moving closer to the end of our trip.

Satellite on display

Purpose of holes in the casemate

View 2 of Rover

Explorer Shuttle on display

Almost every room has a view...

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

Why These Places Have Failed Us

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

Conflicts in the New World

White Chocolate Piano

People part of the shuttle

Bald Eagle flying around

Rocket engines up close

The ship is all chocolate!

Near the top of the shuttle

Luner Roving Vehicle info

Chocolate coral reef

5 engines to thurst up the rocket

Brad (Brian's dad)

Roll way road made of gravel

Another satellite

Onboard surgery

War! And Peace?

Life at sea information

STS-125 mission on Launch pad 39A

Retired launch pads

Anne (Erica's mom)

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

This building is the height of 2 football fields

The Hilltop Fortress

Cover to orginal well

Coastal rocket launchers

Love how the waves looked here...

Fort Nassau September 15, 1718

Map of Americas

NCL Gem Pool Deck

End of roll out run-way

Inside the jail

Launch Pad 39A info

The port at Freeport

Butterflies and lizards on our walk...

Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

Blackbeard battling

Manhatten Terminal

other side of people shuttle

Fort Finncastle (different angle)

Who carved the graffiti?

Living quarters on the ship

Just a beautiful island!

Flight Deck of USS Intrepid

The backend of a rocket

See for Yourself

Wider shot of the Flight Deck

Life in a wave pool...

Nice scenary...

Rockets that are used with the shuttles

Christopher Columbus, Woodes Rogers and Edward Teach

Strengthening the Defenses

Norwegian Gem at port

NCL Gem boat artwork

Military lizard

Waves bring food to the snails

Gain Knowledge of these Fortress Guns

Captain Woodes Rogers' journal

The Pirates' Code of Conduct

Love the artwork on the sides...

The front of the Norwegian Gem

Crystal clear water...

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

Stealth fighter jet

Erica on the balcony...

Letter from a military man

This cannon could hit our ship too!

Lord Dunmore's thoughts

Coming closer to the lady

Seal head out of water

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

Foliage around the Queen's Staircase

Fort Fincastle information

Brookline Bridge...maybe?

Information about weapons

You lived with your food.

Fort Charlotte Information

Brian and Erica...

Another view of Fort Charlotte

Great Stirup Cay water...beautiful blue.

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

Closer to the open sea

Sideview of Penguin

The Military Storehouse of Our Island

Butterfly is in the middle of the picture...

Walking in Fort Charlotte

How they loaded cargo

Side of the Bulldog

This cannon can shoot our ship!

Ships at port...

The signs states to drive slowly!

More information

Another view of her.

Erica is held captive

Approaching the unloading zone...

NCL welcome sign of Chocoholic Buffet

Leaving the terminal

That way is were everyone else was...

Life in service of the Military

Tuesday's Animal - Seal

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

Almost in front of her.

Sideview of the NCL Gem

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

Closer cannon view

Pirate Museum of Nassau (outside)

Snails finding homes in the nooks and crannies...

Sunday's animal - bulldog

The well is VERY deep...

NCL Gem from the tender boat

Lady Liberty's face close up

Nassau's Lighthouse

Groove in the wall from the drawbridge

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

On the tender boat back to the Gem

Brian and his mom (Cheryl)

Steve (brother) at bottom of the staircase

Queen's Staircase

Cannon view from above

Approaching the land

See how thick the castle walls were...

Couple of rock islands at the place...

Fort Fincastle's guns

Erica at the top of the Queen's Staircase

Brooklin Bridge

Deadly Dinner for 2

Cheryl befriends a pirate

"You laughing at me?"

Statue from a far

Fort Finncastle and the Water tower

Is this a better place to stand?

Mom Calhoun and Stephen

Nassau Water Tower

Now the lizard poses

65 steps down...

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

Can you get the car to reverse?

Isn't she beautiful?

Lady Liberty at dusk

Snails all over the rocks

Older snail colony...

Fort Charlotte main entrance

Bahamas Historic Plaque for Fort Fincastle

Walls of the Queen's Staircase

Rest of Fort Charlotte Information

Lord Dunmore's cell

What happens when you clean your car without a scraper.

Information about cannons used there

The snowman moved out of the way of the car.

Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty's left side

ship: Revenge at port

Entrance into Nassau

Outside the cells

View off our balcony

Heading out for some nice photos.

The wet snow is just pulling everything down!

Passing the Staten Island Ferry

Above Fort Charlotte

Another lizard basking

The wet snow stuck to everything!

Tender boat to take us to the island.

Outside of the fort

The Fine Forts of Nassau

Sir Milo Boughton Butler

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

Oh oh...wrong place to stand!

A couple of feet of snow!

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

Driving by the Cape Cod Canal

Snow stuck to everything!

Govinda and Sloka

In Defence of Nassau

Defending the Bahamas

Fort Fincastle story

Even I-495 is covered!

Rahmesh Swimming

The green door is turning white!

Lots of wet snow fell this year.

NCL Gem as seen from Fort Fincastle

Cool snowy view of the back of the house.

Neat view of the cables on the Sagamore Bridge

Hanging out on the Waterfront

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

Brian and Cheryl go shopping

Great Stirup Cay

Good food and wine

Brian and Cheryl

Suryia, Bubbles, Buggy

Brad and Cheryl

The statue of the Bahamian Woman

Entering the Pirate Museum

Unsure of what animal...any thoughts?

Suryia by the Pool Side

Ojas and his human friends

Aries the Liger Baby Swimming

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