Looking back through our wing wall | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Sunday 2 February 2020
Posted on: Saturday 7 March 2020
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Albums: Vacations / 2020 NCL Dawn Southern Caribbean Cruise / Sail Away Day
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Selfie on the River Walk

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

The sun is almost set

That's a tight fit!

View to the right

Looking back through our wing wall

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Erica the Turtle!

Another "oil painting" filter picture

Lots of stingrays and fish...hey free food daily, you'd hang out too!

Cool lights on the bridge

Brilliant orange sky!

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Wonderful sunset colors!

Another version of the view from the balcony

Mid-ship facing forward

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

View to the left

Under the bridge

Brian enjoying the view

The sign says it all!

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

Full side view of the ship

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Off in the distance: Carnival Legend Cruise ship and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge

Erica is taking aim...

See I can smile!

Standing mid-ship

Slight side view from mid-ship

Electrical room

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Don't touch the barb...it will hurt you!

View from behind the wheel

SS American Victory

Port side towards aft

Size of an adult Green Turtle

This barge came very close to us as we passed each other in the channel

The orange rays are disappearing

Lining up between the markers

I got to touch one that's just a few years old!

Info about the ship

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

They can swim under the platform we started our tour on.

It was cool being able to sit there!

One side of the engine room

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

A male on the right, I think a female in the middle, and unknown gender on the left

Brian in our Living Room

Soft smooth skin

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

Right under me!

Coming through!

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Our ship's purple lights look good with the bridge lights

Photos to help explain previous picture

The origin of the name of this town

Here comes another

Almost fully through

More black spiky rocks!

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

Grand Cayman is a tender port...we are leaving the ship

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

That's one of the restaurants we went to: Jackson's Bistro Bar & Sushi

Hatchery Statue

Green Turtle Facts

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Eyes on the top

View as we start leaving looking forward

Getting closer!

Leaving Tampa Bay

The "beach" the females lay their eggs in. The workers move the eggs to the Hatchery.

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Gentle creature

Isn't she cute!

Hawksbill Turtle size

Exploring the stairs

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Life of a Green Turtle

Front view of the NCL Dawn

This is Bes...our Tour Guide/driver for the day (just not at Stingray)

Display of how an incubator is set up

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Using the "Oil Painting" feature of the camera at sunset

The par that's in the middle of the tail is the barb

Look how close the poles on the ship get to the bridge

Crocodile questions

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

View from our balcony

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Heritage of the turtles

Loggerhead Turtle size

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Conservation of the turtles

Are those lava rocks?

Look one turtle is in the tunnel like Erica was in Tampa!

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Rules for touching the turtles

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Those black rocks would become white-ish if put in baking soda and water.

Smiley the Crocodile

A lizard in the middle of the picture that ran out in front of us.

Hold it like an icecream cone, and keep your thumb down

Breeding Pond Info

See how they flaps their sides to move

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Gently gliding along

Physiology of the turtles

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Another Hatchery Statue

Touching the stingray

Passing by Brian

Headed out to Stingray City

Coming back to the ship

Answers to the questions

It needs a bit of paint touch ups when it goes to dry dock in December

The end of the body of the female stingray

Swimming under a platform for workers

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Now our adventure begins!

I love the "smile" the ship has

Brian holding the stingray

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Getting up close with a Stingray that's about 40 yrs old

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