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Albums: Vacations / 2009 NCL Gem to Florida and the Bahamas
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Herons at the water's egde

Wonderful clouds at sunset

Larger tree of moss

Drift wood at dusk

Nice tree of Spanish moss

There's a dolphin!

Beautiful sunset while on our tour

Yeah, she's nuts!

I can't believe I'm driving this thing!

Yes! Now even faster!

Need more speed!

Crap! The sun's in my eyes again!

Yeah, it's great alright...watch where you're going!

Yeah! This is great!

Here is the real lighthouse, though not used anymore.

That's the 4 story lighthouse.

Getting ready to go.

Back on the ramp to get onto the plane

This is the whole airport

Storm moving in

Wave crashing in

Feel that cool water

Mine and Jacquie's toes

Beach by the pier

Panama City Beach, FL

Belle and Sophie

View of the airport from the airplane

The airport is on the other side of these trees

Mom (in the green shirt) just past security

Slight ramp to a covered sidewalk

Watch the luggage come off

Walkway from airplane to the airport

Tiny plane to Dothan

Very cute and soft!

Meet Saiuka, a gibbon, a lesser ape.

Doc Antle with Bubbles

Hello, Bubbles!

Nice meeting you!

What are you doing?

Very wrinkly skin

I can't believe I'm petting an elephant!

Now yours! Oh, but not your hand!

Yes, I do! I'll take this one first!

Do you like carrots?

Smile for the camera!

Oh, it's on your shoe!

Hey, what are you wearing? You smell good!

Meet Bubbles, an African Elephant

We brought you carrots.

Cuddling a chimpanzee

Coming in for a landing

Beautiful wingspan!

I've got it in my sights!

Getting closer!

Stopping for a drink

What the mop head looks like.

Look at those muscles!

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

Running after a mop head on a pully

Lynx cub batting at a feather

But he'd get along with the girls!

He's soo little!

No we can't keep him!

So nice and soft!

This cub is sucking the guy's finger.

Bengal tiger cub

Boy! This wolf pup is big!

You are nice people. Very gentle with me. Thank you!

2 wolfs walking around

That's the purrrfect place to scratch!

Yes, I'm cute. Thank you!

She is a cute tiger.

That feels good!

Oh wait, you're nice people!

Coming through!

People smile! I'm going to keep eating.

Boy! He weighs a lot!

Yes? Don't worry, I see you.

Look into my eyes!

Yes he is cute!

Ahhh, a cute black panther

Petting a tiger cub

The cheetah walking in front of us

Cheetah and handlers

Cheetah lounging

It's a bit hot today.

Yes, you can pet me too!

I have the best eyes!

What a cute face!

Liger at end of yawn

Brian holding a White Bengal tiger

Erica holding a White Bengal tiger

Hercules the Liger

Where we are while looking at the Liger

Wonderful colors!

Liger getting meat

The whole side view we had

Lovely pink hues

Wonderful colors

Vintage look for one scene

Captain John working the boat

Peaceful picture

Sun rays bouncing off the clouds

Sunset while sailing on the Enchantress

Golden sunset glow fighting the nighttime blue

Sunset red hues on the puffy clouds

Cool and warm colors merging

View looking forward

Golden hues coming more

Calm water sailing

Rays pushing their way past the trees

Love the color of the sky!

Nice evening for sailing

Sun starting to set

Brian choosing what pictures to take

Brian hanging out

Oh no! Erica's at the helm!

Enjoying some wine and the view

Wonderful views

Both of us lounging on top of the cabin

Erica hanging out

Heading out to the ocean

Setting out to sea

Bow of the Enchantress

Looking up from the bench

Closer view of the field

View from the bench

Final view before I leave 6:58 am

A look a bit north

Looking a bit south 6:52 am

Beautiful start to a day

Sunrise at the beach

The underside of the clouds reflect the reds

More wonderful reds

Almost looks like the sky has fire in it

Beautiful pinks come in at 6:45 am

Same seaweed but now it's 6:44 am

Red hues are showing more now

Southeast at 6:36 am

Southeast view of the beach

Buildings in the distance

Waves reflecting the beautiful colors 6:32 am

Seaweed at sunrise

Another view of 6:20 am

Twisted Sister Vineyard

Hey what are you doing with my camera?

Oh that was fun!

Won't you look at that wave!

She's going for the wave!

The black dot is Erica's head

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

Wave after wave after wave

Waves onto the shore

Water drops flying from the wave

Even small waves can be violent

Almost there...

Starting to crest

Raindrop fell again

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

In a bit more shallower water

Long line of a wave

Beautiful crashing

The wave is dying, not bubbling up

Mini splashes of the wave

Bit of pink in the sky

Another one is coming

The wave is here!

Dark blue wave rolling in

Overall a calm ocean

Cirrus and Cumulus clouds in the background

The wave crashed

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

It's in my eyes!

Wave on the up side

The wave fizzled

Starting to crest

Splashing in the waves

That was refreshing

Surfside Beach Pier

Split rolling wave

Testing the water while being rained on

Sprinkles falling

Relaxing at Surfside Beach

One pop back up in front of us.

2 dolphins swimming away

Head and a dorsal fin off the port quarter

2 swimming close to each other

1 dolphin went down, so now 2

3 dolphins playing!

Smooth black dorsal fin

Now we have 2 dolphins!

Swimming right along

Better view of it's back

Dolphin of the port bow!

Another dorsal fin!

The dolphin came up again

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

Still swimming starboard

Dolphin off the starboard bow!

Starboard bow view

Japanese Sea Nettles Information

Japanese Sea Nettles

Japanese Sea Nettles

Full life cycle of a jellyfish

Jellyfish Life Cycle:Medusa part 2

Jellyfish Medusa

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Medusa

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Ephyrae

Jellyfish polyps

Jellyfish Life Cycle: Polyp

I touched a Moon jellyfish

Upside - Down Jelly Fish Information

Upside - Down Jelly Fish Habitat

Upside - Down Jelly Fish

Upside - Down Jelly Fish

Atlantic Sea Nettles Information

Atlantic Sea Nettles

Atlantic Sea Nettles

Cownose Stingray

Cownose Stingray

Stingrays and Sharks

Pot-Belly Seahorse Information

Pot-Belly Seahorse

Giant Pacific Octopus

Giant Pacific Octopus

Dragon Seahorse

Dragon Seahorse

Sea anemone on the tank wall

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Porcupine Puffer Fish

Porcupinefish and Puffers information

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark and 2 Horseshoe Crabs

Brownbanded Bamboo Shark

Whitespotted bamboo shark and a Brownbanded Bamboo Shark

It swam over the tunnel

Underside of a Sawtooth Shark

Possibly Spadefish

Sheepshead fish

Sand Tiger Shark gliding along the tunnel

A mix of all that is in the tank

Blacktip Reef Shark

Couple more sharks

Stingray gliding through

Now they scatter because of a stingray

Fish scatter as a shark nears

Sand Tiger Shark

Few different sharks and fish

Sharks and fish

Another view of the fish with the cage

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

School of fish with a cage

Belly of a stingray

Sawtooth Shark swimming away

Unknown type of shark with it's nose tilted up

Tarpon and sharks

Blacktip Reef Shark

White and yellow fish in the shark tank

Side view of a sand tiger shark

A sand tiger shark

We entered the Shark Tunnel

Sand Tiger Shark information

Sand Tiger Shark belly

A lobster and blue colored fish

Random blue fish

Back of a Caribbean Spiny Lobster

Caribbean Spiny Lobster information

More Rainbow Rock fish

Fish identification in Rainbow Rock

Rainbow Rock information

Fish in Rainbow Rock

General fish in a large tank

Anthias Information

Catfish, stingray, and unknown fish

Unknown fish inside the catfish tank

Redtail Catfish

Redtail Catfish information

Small fish (unknown type)

Discus Fish information

Banana Slug information

Banana Slugs all over this habitat

Closer look at that clownfish pushing into the anemone

Clownfish and Anemone

Dorsal view of a soapfish

Soapfish Information

Soapfish around the rocks

Another view of the same Moray Eel

Parrotfish Information

Winter at the beach

Snow drifts into the beach grass

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

Even in winter the view is beautiful

The winter weather takes over the Fall footprints

My yearly Christmas/New Years trip to the Atlantic Ocean

Ice washed up the beach

My hat to keep me warm

Erica's favorite one

Nice even though the camera moved

Red burst with a little camera movement

Little shaky camera, but still nice

Sunset view from land on Yorktown Beach

Looking out toward the ocean via the York River

Even the ropes can't hinder the view

George P. Coleman Memorial Bridge

Wonderful rainbow of sunset colors

Headed back to land

Top of the sails

Beautiful sunset!

The pilot of this cruise

Brian lounging during the sail

Sailing during wonderful weather

The sail is fully up

It's almost fully up

Erica helped raise the sail

Brad and Cheryl waiting to set sail

Looking up before sailing off

Schooner Serenity

Awesome sign we found in the train yard

Brian on the train

A train we pass on our short round trip ride

The conductor of the train

Walking on the platform

Side of another train at the platform

Train we took a ride on

Swainson’s lorikeet in the Australia: Wild Extremes

Another bird in the Rain forest

Better look at the moon jellyfish

Nurse shark and a stingray

Sandbar shark swimming above the nurse shark and stingray

Stingray gliding

Closer view of the stingray

View of the screens going down the escalator

Emerald tree boa

South American Yellow-footed Tortoise

Poison dart frog

Emerald tree boa

Giant Waxy Tree Frog

White-blotched river sting ray

On the right - Silver Arowana

Palette Surgeonfish

Yellow tang fishes swimming around

Sunflower sea star

Orange-ish Sunflower Sea Star

Wolf Eel, Atlantic Creole Fish

Puffin on a rock

Red Coral Sea Fan

Different Coral

Longhorn Cowfish

Random fish in the exhibit: North Atlantic to the Pacific

Percula Clownfish

Copperband Butterflyfish

Copperband Butterflyfish

Spotfin Butterflyfish

Possible Emperor Angelfish and a Treadfin Butterflyfish

Possible Treadfin Butterflyfish

Panther Grouper

Unknown fish but it looks cool!

Neat unknown fish

Random coral on shipwreck stuff

Creatures of the abyss

Lantern Fish Model

Fangtooth model

Tail of a fin whale

Skeleton of a Fin Whale from Cape Cod

Banggai Cardinalfish

Black sea urchin with Banggai Cardinalfish

Peacock Mantis Shrimp

Shrimp hiding in the rock

Yellow seahorse

Long-tail Knifefish electromagnetic field

Sea horse hiding and Brain Coral

Longsnout sea horses

Random small fish

Small fish with snails

Top view of Blacktip Reef

A whale of a bone

Gray unknown fish

Cross section of a lake

Diamondback Terrapin at the Maryland Exhibit

Without Water...

Different states of water

Above the water view of Calypso a Green Sea Turtle

Calypso, a 3 leg Green Sea Turtle

With every drop you drink...

Front entry waterfall

A defiant Spider Crab

Moss covered crab

Crab with a mo hawk!

Horse shoe crab with barnacles

Small fish swimming against the current

Cool reflecting wave

Beautiful calm ocean

Enjoying a game in Orleans, MA with my dad

AA League in Cape Cod, number 27 year of 2013

Exit certain doom

Liger, Doc, Kody, and Rajani

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

They have left the park

What do manatees eat?

Manatee is related to an elephant

Gathering family members

Starting to leave the park

One coming to the surface

Calves and parents together

About 7 manatees

Nice view of a tail

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

Anatomy of a Manatee

Manatee skeleton

Manatee vs. Human

Other creatures you can see at the park

Jazz in her car seat

Mound Key State Archaeological Site information

How they made their canoes

This island was home to the Calusa

Cactus growing everywhere

Bright pink ones

There are a lot of these pink flowers

Various plants on Mound Key, FL

Erica's white legs that got very burnt

Wonderful weather

Lots of birds live in there

Heading toward a slightly larger island

Dad's got the rear of the kayak

More small islands

Along the mangrove trees

Going around different small islands

Wonderfully calm and serine

Paddling next to the shore

Looks like a smaller area on a map

Setting out into Estero Bay

Holding on, not letting the waves take them away

Surf on the rocks

Rocks rolled up onto the beach instead of shells

What is "Live Parking"?

Seals hanging out in the waves

Piping Plover eating food

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

Heading to low tide

Seals in the harbor

I love to chew things.

Clouds moving in

Nice view of rolling hills

Taking a break from driving to admire the view

Spectacular view

Cloudy mountains

Roadside view of the mountains

Ducking around some low trees

Dragonflies have returned

Nice looking rapids

Dragonflies taking a trip with us

I'm aiming to land right there!

Reach for it...

Yeah that was fun!

We made it to land!

What fun we had!

Yeah, I can do this again!

Yep, that's a bigger drop!

Needing to stop now

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

This one has a higher drop!

Line 3 and doing good.

I think I like this!

Man! I'm going backwards!

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

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

Second line, and doing good

"Yep I'm doing this!"

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

Brad walking to the bear tree

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

Valkyrie and Chris

Prasad and Shannon

KOJ Bridge and Pond

Cub Circle Tree

Saiuka the Baby Gibbon

Suryia and Doc SMILE!

Suryia and Moksha

Bubbles and Apsara

Rahmesh Swimming

Ojas and his human friends

Stephen was caught!

Map of Americas

Captain Woodes Rogers' journal

More Pirate Artifacts

Pirate Artifacts

Pirate paintings

Walking around in port

Beer Lane, London, England 1735

Why Did Pirates Disappear?

Waiting for a Hanged Pirate

Contraptions to hold pirates

Inside the jail

Read Elding Info

Press Yard Info

Fort Nassau September 15, 1718

Bahama Island Coat of Arms

Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

A marooned pirate

Pirates with the islanders

True, pirates were black

Black pirates in the Caribbean?

True, pirates had parrots

Many pirates kept parrots...T/F?

Dividing the Loot

The Attractions of Piracy

Timeline: Nassau Harbour

Explaining how gross it was

Conditions below deck

Life in the Merchant Navy

Barrels on a ship

The "Revenge" ship info

Shanty Town mock-up

Aft of a ship decorations

Fort Stanley and Fort D'Arcy

Touissaint Louverture

The Regiments of Fort Charlotte

People of Fort Charlotte

Purpose of holes in the casemate

Building Fort Charlotte

Who built Fort Charlotte?

Shows how some stuff was stored

What Lord Dunmore has done

What has become of the old well?

To Set a Warship Ablaze

Who carved the graffiti?

Gain Knowledge of these Fortress Guns

War! And Peace?

Strengthening the Defenses

Part of Providence Island

The Hilltop Fortress

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

The Ruths talking to the guide

Why These Places Have Failed Us

Fortifying New Providence

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

Christopher Columbus, Woodes Rogers and Edward Teach

Conflicts in the New World

Walking in Fort Charlotte

Another view of Fort Charlotte

Fort Finncastle (different angle)

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

Foliage around the Queen's Staircase

Erica at the top of the Queen's Staircase

In Defence of Nassau

Fort Finncastle and the Water tower

The Fine Forts of Nassau

See for Yourself

The front of the Norwegian Gem

NCL Gem boat artwork

Mom Calhoun and Stephen

NCL Gem Pool Deck

Suryia, Bubbles, Buggy

Govinda and Sloka

Suryia by the Pool Side

Aries the Liger Baby Swimming

Doc with the Orangs

Orangutan Family

Anjana and her Friends

Anjana, Mitra and Bhuva

Suryia and his little sister Apsara

Mosksha and Monks

Rajani swimming with Bubbles

Aries the Liger baby

Bubbles and Doc in river

Doc and Bubbles

Tunnel Vison Bub Bub

Red Tailed Hawk

Apsara Crazy Hair

African Porcupine

Yogi the Gibbon

Bubbles Watermelon

Mitra and Chris

Georgia the Gator

Suryia Sparkly Eyes

Banana Binturong

Archimedes the Owl

Check out these teeth

CHAKWAR the African Porcupine

Bubbles in the River

Suryia and Roscoe

Lanka the Lepoard

Chitta and Yana

Chakota the Wolf

HERCULES THE LIGER

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