Now our adventure begins! | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Sunday 2 February 2020
Posted on: Saturday 7 March 2020
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View from our balcony

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

SS American Victory

Full side view of the ship

Standing mid-ship

Info about the ship

Electrical room

Mid-ship facing forward

Highest deck mid-ship view towards front

Slight side view from mid-ship

View from behind the wheel

Starboard side of the ship toward aft

Port side towards aft

View from one of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

One of the 20mm caliber Oerlikon guns

The 5-inch 38 caliber gun

Erica is taking aim...

It was cool being able to sit there!

One side of the engine room

Other view of the engine room from the catwalks.

Erica the Turtle!

Selfie on the River Walk

Carnival Paradise leaving the Tampa Port

Look! Terminal 2 in Tampa from our balcony

Another version of the view from the balcony

Front view of the NCL Dawn

View as we start leaving looking forward

Looking back through our wing wall

Brian in our Living Room

Going through Hillsborough Bay

Panoramic View of Hillsborough Bay

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

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

Brian enjoying the view

Wonderful sunset colors!

The sun is almost set

Sun setting as we get closer to the bridge

All 3 modes of transportation in 1 picture

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

Zoomed in view as the Carnival Legend approaches the bridge

Brilliant orange sky!

Carnival Legend going under the bridge

That's a tight fit!

Wonderful blending of color from day to night

Sunshine Skyway Bridge at dusk

Just a relaxing view to start a relaxing vacation

Zoomed in to capture the orange hues

Another "oil painting" filter picture

Lining up between the markers

The orange rays are disappearing

The purple lights on the bridge look perfect with the sunset

View to the left

View to the right

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge looks great in this light!

Getting closer!

Cool lights on the bridge

Under the bridge

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

Leaving Tampa Bay

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

Almost fully through

Now our adventure begins!

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

Brian holding the stingray

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

Turtles in the Breeding Pond

Swimming under a platform for workers

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

Long tails are male, short tails are female

Average age of these turtles is 30 yrs old

Exploring the stairs

Heritage of the turtles

Conservation of the turtles

Physiology of the turtles

This group of turtles are around 20 yrs old

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

Cayman Crocodile Exhibit

Crocodile questions

Answers to the questions

Smiley the Crocodile

Slightly younger turtles...under 20 yrs old.

Rules for touching the turtles

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

Isn't she cute!

Gentle touches, but NO kisses

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

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

Breeding Pond Info

Lots of turtles in the Breeding Pond!

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

Hatchery Statue

Another Hatchery Statue

Size of an adult Green Turtle

Green Turtle Facts

Hawksbill Turtle size

Hawksbill Turtle Info

Loggerhead Turtle size

Loggerhead Turtle Info

Life of a Loggerhead Turtle

Life of a Hawksbill Turtle

Life of a Kemp's Ridley Turtle

Life of a Green Turtle

Display of how an incubator is set up

Turtle Hatchlings Experiment

Photos to help explain previous picture

Good view of the male above the other 2 turtles

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

The sign says it all!

Are those lava rocks?

More black spiky rocks!

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

The origin of the name of this town

Cute sign on the bottom of the main sign

Headed out to Stingray City

Our squid to feed the stingrays

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

He's bringing over one to eat our squid

Soft smooth skin

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

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

Gently gliding along

See how they flaps their sides to move

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

Right under me!

Gentle creature

See I can smile!

Touching the stingray

Coming through!

Passing by Brian

Here comes another

Eyes on the top

The end of the body of the female stingray

The boat we used to get to Stingray City

Coming back to the ship

I love the "smile" the ship has

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

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