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Dragonflies taking a trip with us

Nice looking rapids

Dragonflies have returned

Ducking around some low trees

Roadside view of the mountains

Cloudy mountains

Spectacular view

Taking a break from driving to admire the view

Nice view of rolling hills

Clouds moving in

First walk to the bear tree...here's Erica

Brad walking to the bear tree

"I can't believe I'm doing this!"

"Yep I'm doing this!"

Second line, and doing good

"I can't believe I was ever afraid of this!"

I've got this...I think...

Man! I'm going backwards!

Line 3 and doing good.

I think I like this!

This one has a higher drop!

Still doing good...I think I like ziplines.

Needing to stop now

Yep, that's a bigger drop!

Yeah, I can do this again!

What fun we had!

We made it to land!

Yeah that was fun!

Reach for it...

I'm aiming to land right there!

Lounging at the top of the stairs

Brian reading poolside

Our royal lady unimpressed with the packing to move.

"No! I will not move! I was here first!"

Our beds have to be in the kitchen, there's no other room during this move

"Let me check out this new house"

Oh you have a treat for me!

Jess and her friend Sam

I got the ball!

Look at the size difference!

I fit under you!

Lounging at the neighbors' house

Trina with our neighbor Sam

This is how they like to lounge together

This step is the perfect height for a bowl of water

Yep, I'll wait right here inside the backyard til you tell me to come!

Packing is exhausting!

I even fit under Grandma's bed!

Exploring the new house

So where is my sister?

I have a fenced backyard!

Now I don't need a leash outside

Demon dog with a ball, enjoying her new fenced in backyard

No one to play with when they watch a movie

I love you, but I'm lonely!

Lounging on the deck

I think I can still fit under the bed!

Enjoying my new antler at Christmas

You smell strange!

Now I can play with someone!

She's following me EVERYWHERE I go!

Come on! That's enough!

Don't I get any of that food?

"Dad gave that to me! Let it go!" said Jess

Sure you can tuck me in

This is half of the car is mine!

Jess here's your new sister

I'm going to pull you around!

I'm small enough to sit here!

Huh! So this is our outside area?

Lots of new smells here

Umm...I went too far!

I think I can have fun here

Hello, you're taking my picture again!

Her fur has a range of yellow to cream-ish white

This toy is mine, and this one too

I can play this tug game!

I will take it from you!

Nothing can stop me! I'll get that food out!

Cool, I can get the toy out this way!

Just look at those eyes!

Where are you going?

Can I go in yet? It's cold out here!

See I am very cute!

I like cuddling!

Just like Jessica, sleeps on her back.

I can go under this thing called a bed!

Phew! I didn't think I'd get out of there!

Waiting for the doctor to come in

See we get along!

Look at my collar

She's small but takes most of the bed!

Let us in...can't you see it's snowing!

Starting to get too big to stretch out in here

Hanging out with mom

So cute especially when she is sleeping

Hey, this bed is for sleeping on not wrestling!

Waiting for the doctor a month and a half later

I get bigger, but I still keep those cute eyes

We barely fit on here together

New toy! A Dragon!

Hey, I gave it to Jess

I got it! No I've got it!

We'll be carry it

Remind me. Why did we get her again?

Growing more! 6 Months old!

No I'm taking it!

Why isn't she letting us in?

Stop hitting me with the water!

Hey! I'm at school!

I knew she could do it!

Waiting for the others to get their diplomas

Nope! I'm playing with these!

Well, I tried to get my fur all covered in black, so you'd think I was Jess

Life is ruff...need a nap

2 toys in her mouth - ball and a ring toy

I got under here...now how do I get out again?

First time she put her nose out of the window while the car was moving

Why does the doctor take sooo long?

Smile! I'm almost 2

Ageing makes you tired

My Christmas antler

Exploring the little bit of snow we got

Stuffed toy tugger and a rubber bone.

Erica at the top of the Queen's Staircase

See for Yourself

The Fine Forts of Nassau

Fort Finncastle and the Water tower

In Defence of Nassau

Foliage around the Queen's Staircase

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

Fort Finncastle (different angle)

Another view of Fort Charlotte

Walking in Fort Charlotte

Conflicts in the New World

Christopher Columbus, Woodes Rogers and Edward Teach

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

Fortifying New Providence

Why These Places Have Failed Us

The Ruths talking to the guide

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

The Hilltop Fortress

Part of Providence Island

Strengthening the Defenses

War! And Peace?

Gain Knowledge of these Fortress Guns

Who carved the graffiti?

To Set a Warship Ablaze

What has become of the old well?

What Lord Dunmore has done

Shows how some stuff was stored

Who built Fort Charlotte?

Building Fort Charlotte

Purpose of holes in the casemate

People of Fort Charlotte

The Regiments of Fort Charlotte

Touissaint Louverture

Fort Stanley and Fort D'Arcy

Aft of a ship decorations

Shanty Town mock-up

The "Revenge" ship info

Barrels on a ship

Life in the Merchant Navy

Conditions below deck

Explaining how gross it was

Timeline: Nassau Harbour

The Attractions of Piracy

Dividing the Loot

Many pirates kept parrots...T/F?

True, pirates had parrots

Black pirates in the Caribbean?

True, pirates were black

Pirates with the islanders

A marooned pirate

Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

Bahama Island Coat of Arms

Fort Nassau September 15, 1718

Press Yard Info

Read Elding Info

Inside the jail

Contraptions to hold pirates

Waiting for a Hanged Pirate

Why Did Pirates Disappear?

Beer Lane, London, England 1735

Walking around in port

Pirate paintings

Pirate Artifacts

More Pirate Artifacts

Captain Woodes Rogers' journal

Map of Americas

Stephen was caught!

Mom Calhoun and Stephen

NCL Gem Pool Deck

NCL Gem boat artwork

The front of the Norwegian Gem

I love to chew things.

Heading to low tide

It's 5 o'clock somewhere...(that is a IBC Black Cherry)

What is "Live Parking"?

AA League in Cape Cod, number 27 year of 2013

Enjoying a game in Orleans, MA with my dad

Horse shoe crab with barnacles

Moss covered crab

A defiant Spider Crab

My hat to keep me warm

My yearly Christmas/New Years trip to the Atlantic Ocean

Ice washed up the beach

The winter weather takes over the Fall footprints

Even in winter the view is beautiful

Dad says "Are you ready yet? It's cold!"

Snow drifts into the beach grass

Winter at the beach

Seals in the harbor

Rocks rolled up onto the beach instead of shells

Surf on the rocks

Holding on, not letting the waves take them away

Beautiful calm ocean

Cool reflecting wave

Small fish swimming against the current

Crab with a mo hawk!

Splash of Christmas lights from the tree on the ceiling 2012

Non classical tree lights, but cool looking 2012

Non-classical lights from the tree

Tigger holding on 2012

Tie-dyed Tigger 2012

TIgger being classic 2016

Daytime look 2016

Classical look 2016

Our tree on Christmas Eve in Apex, NC

Nature's decoration (just a little late)

Front of house with January holiday snow

Icicle lights on front porch with January snow

Wonderful sunset

Clear skies ahead

Ripples of the ocean

Sun through the clouds

Green landscape when snowing

Rainbow behind tree

Sun peeking through

Seaweed at sunrise

Little light at the end of the horizon

Puffy cloudy sunset

Golden puffy cloud

Fractal crystals

Bridal Party at Glenn Sanders Mansion

Glenn Sanders Mansion, buffet style food

Vanilla Bean Cake with Brianne next to it

Erica with Linus and Charlie Brown statues

Lunch time picnic

Beautiful walkways

Sitting in the amphitheater, Met 2 in back

Erica reading with Sally

Brian with Working Snoopy

The Peanut gang on the balcony of Met 2

Linus walking around

Jazz says "this is the only way to be in a pool."

Jazz in her car seat

Setting out into Estero Bay

Looks like a smaller area on a map

Paddling next to the shore

Wonderfully calm and serine

Going around different small islands

Along the mangrove trees

More small islands

Dad's got the rear of the kayak

Heading toward a slightly larger island

Lots of birds live in there

Wonderful weather

Erica's white legs that got very burnt

Various plants on Mound Key, FL

There are a lot of these pink flowers

Bright pink ones

Cactus growing everywhere

This island was home to the Calusa

How they made their canoes

Mound Key State Archaeological Site information

Other creatures you can see at the park

Manatee vs. Human

Manatee skeleton

Anatomy of a Manatee

Couple of manatees (one with part of head out of water)

Nice view of a tail

About 7 manatees

Calves and parents together

One coming to the surface

Starting to leave the park

Gathering family members

Manatee is related to an elephant

What do manatees eat?

They have left the park

View of the airport from the airplane

Tiny plane to Dothan

Walkway from airplane to the airport

Watch the luggage come off

Slight ramp to a covered sidewalk

Mom (in the green shirt) just past security

The airport is on the other side of these trees

Belle and Sophie

Panama City Beach, FL

Beach by the pier

Mine and Jacquie's toes

Feel that cool water

Wave crashing in

Storm moving in

This is the whole airport

Back on the ramp to get onto the plane

I got them ALL! Bone, stick, and wheel

Ok...I'll just lay here this time.

Yes, you're cute!

A HUGE spider web

Don't mind us...

Don't you take walks around here too?

Even crossing in crosswalks!

See those 2 beady eyes?

He finally came down out of the pipe

One of the neighborhood residents

Early morning bloom

Yellow with a hint of orange

Beautiful but odd rose bush in the middle of the backyard

Reaching for the afternoon sun

First blossom of our magnolia tulip bush

These hang out with our mailbox

I love getting to see these 75% of the year!

I love the vibrant color!

We love her goofy grin!

Schooner Serenity

Looking up before sailing off

Brad and Cheryl waiting to set sail

Erica helped raise the sail

It's almost fully up

The sail is fully up

Sailing during wonderful weather

Brian lounging during the sail

The pilot of this cruise

Beautiful sunset!

Top of the sails

Headed back to land

Wonderful rainbow of sunset colors

George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge

Even the ropes can't hinder the view

Looking out toward the ocean via the York River

Sunset view from land on Yorktown Beach

Little shaky camera, but still nice

Red burst with a little camera movement

Nice even though the camera moved

Erica's favorite one

Hello, Bubbles!

Doc Antle with Bubbles

Wonderful colors!

Where we are while looking at the Liger

Liger getting meat

Stopping for a drink

Getting closer!

Mid stride run. Brian and Erica are in the upper left corner watching.

I've got it in my sights!

Beautiful wingspan!

Coming in for a landing

Running after a mop head on a pully

What the mop head looks like.

Look at those muscles!

Cheetah lounging

Cheetah and handlers

The cheetah walking in front of us

Lynx cub batting at a feather

2 wolfs walking around

Setting out to sea

Heading out to the ocean

Erica hanging out

Both of us lounging on top of the cabin

Wonderful views

Enjoying some wine and the view

Oh no! Erica's at the helm!

Nice evening for sailing

Love the color of the sky!

Rays pushing their way past the trees

Calm water sailing

Golden hues coming more

View looking forward

Cool and warm colors merging

Sunset red hues on the puffy clouds

Golden sunset glow fighting the nighttime blue

Sunset while sailing on the Enchantress

Sun rays bouncing off the clouds

Peaceful picture

Captain John working the boat

Wonderful colors

Lovely pink hues

Cassie is trying to get this rope out to play with it

Piping Plover eating food

Seals hanging out in the waves

Sunrise at the beach

The whole side view we had

Vintage look for one scene

Water bottle freeze trick

Train we took a ride on

Side of another train at the platform

Walking on the platform

The conductor of the train

A train we pass on our short round trip ride

Brian on the train

Awesome sign we found in the train yard

Front entry waterfall

With every drop you drink...

Calypso, a 3 leg Green Sea Turtle

Above the water view of Calypso a Green Sea Turtle

Different states of water

Without Water...

Diamondback Terrapin at the Maryland Exhibit

Cross section of a lake

Gray unknown fish

A whale of a bone

Top view of Blacktip Reef

Small fish with snails

Random small fish

Longsnout sea horses

Sea horse hiding and Brain Coral

Long-tail Knifefish electromagnetic field

Yellow seahorse

Shrimp hiding in the rock

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Black sea urchin with Banggai Cardinalfish

Banggai Cardinalfish

Skeleton of a Fin Whale from Cape Cod

Tail of a fin whale

Fangtooth model

Lantern Fish Model

Creatures of the abyss

Random coral on shipwreck stuff

Neat unknown fish

Unknown fish but it looks cool!

Panther Grouper

Possible Treadfin Butterflyfish

Possible Emperor Angelfish and a Treadfin Butterflyfish

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Copperband Butterflyfish

Copperband Butterflyfish

Percula Clownfish

Random fish in the exhibit: North Atlantic to the Pacific

Longhorn Cowfish

Different Coral

Red Coral Sea Fan

Puffin on a rock

Wolf Eel, Atlantic Creole Fish

Orange-ish Sunflower Sea Star

Sunflower sea star

Yellow tang fishes swimming around

Palette Surgeonfish

On the right - Silver Arowana

White-blotched river sting ray

Giant Waxy Tree Frog

Emerald tree boa

Poison dart frog

South American Yellow-footed Tortoise

Emerald tree boa

View of the screens going down the escalator

Closer view of the stingray

Stingray gliding

Sandbar shark swimming above the nurse shark and stingray

Nurse shark and a stingray

Better look at the moon jellyfish

Another bird in the Rain forest

Swainson’s lorikeet in the Australia: Wild Extremes

Another view of 6:20 am

Seaweed at sunrise

Waves reflecting the beautiful colors 6:32 am

Buildings in the distance

Southeast view of the beach

Southeast at 6:36 am

Red hues are showing more now

Same seaweed but now it's 6:44 am

Beautiful pinks come in at 6:45 am

Almost looks like the sky has fire in it

More wonderful reds

The underside of the clouds reflect the reds

Beautiful start to a day

Looking a bit south 6:52 am

A look a bit north

Sunrise at Myrtle Beach

Final view before I leave 6:58 am

Bow of the Enchantress

Brian hanging out

Brian choosing what pictures to take

Sun starting to set

Relaxing at Surfside Beach

Sprinkles falling

Testing the water while being rained on

Split rolling wave

Surfside Beach Pier

That was refreshing

Splashing in the waves

Starting to crest

The wave fizzled

Wave on the up side

It's in my eyes!

What? I can't hear you there is water in my ears.

The wave crashed

Cirrus and Cumulus clouds in the background

Overall a calm ocean

Dark blue wave rolling in

The wave is here!

Another one is coming

Bit of pink in the sky

Mini splashes of the wave

The wave is dying, not bubbling up

Beautiful crashing

Long line of a wave

In a bit more shallower water

The sky is dull today, the waves are a brighter white than the clouds

Raindrop fell again

Starting to crest

Almost there...

Even small waves can be violent

Water drops flying from the wave

Waves onto the shore

Wave after wave after wave

You didn't move out of the way?!?

The black dot is Erica's head

She's going for the wave!

Won't you look at that wave!

Oh that was fun!

Hey what are you doing with my camera?

Twisted Sister Vineyard

View from the bench

Closer view of the field

Looking up from the bench

Starboard bow view

Dolphin off the starboard bow!

Still swimming starboard

Tiny black dot is the tip of the dolphin's fin

The dolphin came up again

Another dorsal fin!

Dolphin of the port bow!

Better view of it's back

Swimming right along

Now we have 2 dolphins!

Smooth black dorsal fin

3 dolphins playing!

1 dolphin went down, so now 2

2 swimming close to each other

Head and a dorsal fin off the port quarter

2 dolphins swimming away

One pop back up in front of us.

Parrotfish Information

Another view of the same Moray Eel

Soapfish around the rocks

Soapfish Information

Dorsal view of a soapfish

Clownfish and Anemone

Closer look at that clownfish pushing into the anemone

Banana Slugs all over this habitat

Banana Slug information

Discus Fish information

Small fish (unknown type)

Redtail Catfish information

Redtail Catfish

Unknown fish inside the catfish tank

Catfish, stingray, and unknown fish

Anthias Information

General fish in a large tank

Fish in Rainbow Rock

Rainbow Rock information

Fish identification in Rainbow Rock

More Rainbow Rock fish

Caribbean Spiny Lobster information

Back of a Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Random blue fish

A lobster and blue colored fish

Sand Tiger Shark belly

Sand Tiger Shark information

We entered the Shark Tunnel

A sand tiger shark

Side view of a sand tiger shark

White and yellow fish in the shark tank

Blacktip Reef Shark

Tarpon and sharks

Unknown type of shark with it's nose tilted up

Sawtooth Shark swimming away

Belly of a stingray

School of fish with a cage

Sawtooth shark as it swims above us, while we are in the tunnel

Another view of the fish with the cage

Sharks and fish

Few different sharks and fish

Sand Tiger Shark

Fish scatter as a shark nears

Now they scatter because of a stingray

Stingray gliding through

Couple more sharks

Blacktip Reef Shark

A mix of all that is in the tank

Sand Tiger Shark gliding along the tunnel

Sheepshead fish

Possibly Spadefish

Underside of a Sawtooth Shark

It swam over the tunnel

Whitespotted bamboo shark and a Brownbanded Bamboo Shark

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark and 2 Horseshoe Crabs

Porcupinefish and Puffers information

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Sea anemone on the tank wall

Dragon Seahorse

Dragon Seahorse

Giant Pacific Octopus

Giant Pacific Octopus

Pot-Belly Seahorse

Pot-Belly Seahorse Information

Stingrays and Sharks

Cownose Stingray

Cownose Stingray

Atlantic Sea Nettles

Atlantic Sea Nettles

Atlantic Sea Nettles Information

Upside - Down Jelly Fish

Upside - Down Jelly Fish

Upside - Down Jelly Fish Habitat

Upside - Down Jelly Fish Information

I touched a Moon jellyfish

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Polyp

Jellyfish polyps

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Ephyrae

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Medusa

Jellyfish Medusa

Jellyfish Life Cycle:Medusa part 2

Full life cycle of a jellyfish

Japanese Sea Nettles

Japanese Sea Nettles

Japanese Sea Nettles Information

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