Now our adventure begins! | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Sunday 2 February 2020
Posted on: Saturday 7 March 2020
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It needs a bit of paint touch ups when it goes to dry dock in December

I love the "smile" the ship has

Coming back to the ship

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

The end of the body of the female stingray

Eyes on the top

Here comes another

Passing by Brian

Coming through!

Touching the stingray

See I can smile!

Gentle creature

Right under me!

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

See how they flaps their sides to move

Gently gliding along

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

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

Soft smooth skin

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

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

Our squid to feed the stingrays

Headed out to Stingray City

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

The origin of the name of this town

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

More black spiky rocks!

Are those lava rocks?

The sign says it all!

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

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

Photos to help explain previous picture

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Display of how an incubator is set up

Life of a Green Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Loggerhead Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Hawksbill Turtle size

Green Turtle Facts

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Another Hatchery Statue

Hatchery Statue

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

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

Breeding Pond Info

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

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

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

Isn't she cute!

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

Rules for touching the turtles

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Smiley the Crocodile

Answers to the questions

Crocodile questions

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

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

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

Physiology of the turtles

Conservation of the turtles

Heritage of the turtles

Exploring the stairs

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Long tails are male, short tails are female

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

Swimming under a platform for workers

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

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

Brian holding the stingray

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

Now our adventure begins!

Almost fully through

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

Leaving Tampa Bay

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

Under the bridge

Cool lights on the bridge

Getting closer!

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

View to the right

View to the left

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

The orange rays are disappearing

Lining up between the markers

Another "oil painting" filter picture

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

That's a tight fit!

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

Brilliant orange sky!

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

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

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

The sun is almost set

Wonderful sunset colors!

Brian enjoying the view

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

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

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Brian in our Living Room

Looking back through our wing wall

View as we start leaving looking forward

Front view of the NCL Dawn

Another version of the view from the balcony

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

Selfie on the River Walk

Erica the Turtle!

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

One side of the engine room

It was cool being able to sit there!

Erica is taking aim...

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

Port side towards aft

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

View from behind the wheel

Slight side view from mid-ship

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Mid-ship facing forward

Electrical room

Info about the ship

Standing mid-ship

Full side view of the ship

SS American Victory

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

View from our balcony

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