Leaving Miami, FL | Bigkitty Gallery

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Embarkation Day

Erica hugging Brian

Brian hugging Erica

Leaving Miami, FL

Leaving the city behind for open waters!

Great day to head out to sea!

Miami is getting smaller!

My balcony view!

Great aft waves!

NCL Getaway Aft view

Us at one of the ruins

Closer picture of us

Close up of the walls

Look how they filled in every gap with all different sizes of rocks

Chacchoben Ruins map

Monkeys were hiding in these trees.

Gran Plaza sign

Which way do we go now?

Costa Maya Port life raft

Costa Maya waters at the port

Approaching the island

The pier after we docked

The flags of the Harvest Caye

Welcome arch to the island

Harvest Caye Port life preserver

Snorkeling Selfie!

Different sea urchin

Brian with the sea urchin

The Free Radical from Radical Adventures

Chef Erica at Playa Mia

Chef Brian at Playa Mia

Seasoned the plantains

Caramelizing the plantains

Chocolate Tequila sauce for the plantains

Try to decorate your plate like this.

Brian's dessert plate decorations

Erica's dessert plate decorated

Next up - Lightly seasoned fish

I think they are a bit too thick...

Starting the shrimp

Deviled Shrimp sautéing

All cooked ready for the shrimp

1 plate of Devil-style shrimp sopes

The other deviled shrimp sopa

Chef Luis and Moses

The fish are served with rice and shredded cabbage

Grouper with sauteed vegetables and tamarind sauce

Dessert - Caramelized Plantains with Chocolate Taquila sauce

Port - Punta Langusta in Cozumel

The start of "Wine Lovers - the Musical"

First sea day sunset

Erica with the sunset

Sailing past Cozumel heading to Costa Maya

Cozumel night lights

Great picture of the moon

And the last sun sets to end our cruise.

One towel animal

View from our cabin

Lets head into that rapid

Buffet Morning Greeter

First snorkel spot

Second snorkel spot

Monkeys are in there

Look at all of those seals!

Seal heads bobbing

Working our way down the river

Hanging out on the Waterfront

Good food and wine

Brad and Cheryl

Brian and Cheryl

Brian and Cheryl go shopping

Dolphins seen throughout the video

Polar bear having fun with bag flips - seen from above

Seeing his flips from below

Sea lions and Harbor seals having fun - seen from above

Sea lions and Harbor seals playing - seen from below

Artic Mural (going backwards)

Cougar scratching the branch

The tigers who live here

Leopard roaming

Lazy white tiger

Time to go somewhere

What do you see?

You keep watch, and I'll go this way.

Lounging around

Going on the prowl

Where are you going?

A Vanderbilt House Party - The Gilded Age

The Vanderbilt Family at the statue in the front

House plants to welcome you in

Winter Garden glass above

The middle of the Winter Garden

3D artwork along the wall

Great details in the ceiling

Breakfast room lounge area

Real photos of George Vanderbilt, and Adele and James Burden

The Salon - view 1

The Salon - view 2

The flowers on the table in the Salon

The ceiling in the Salon

The Music Room - view 1

The Music Room - view 2

The Music Room - view 3

Inside the Van Dyck Room

Room name card - Van Dyck

Inside the Madonna Room

Room card - Madonna Room

A different hallway

A different bedroom

Sitting area of a bedroom

Bed side of the room

The Tapestry Gallery - view 1

The Tapestry Gallery - view 2

Beautiful flowers in the Tapestry Gallery

Martha and George in the Tapestry Gallery

Bookshelf in the Library

The Library - view 1

The Library - view 2

The Library above the mantel and ceiling view

Picture of George Vanderbilt

A globe near the Library Room

A tapestry without people in front of it.

View of the tapestry above this fire place

Nice grandfather clock

Bottom of the spiral staircase

A higher view of the staircase

Pauline Merrill and Cornelia Vanderbilt

Real pictures of Pauline and Cornelia

Artwork behind the people

Edith and George Vanderbilt

Real pictures of Edith and George

Beautiful piece of furniture

A bedroom - view 1

A bedroom - view 2

A bedroom - view 3

A bedroom - view 4

Real pictures of Cornelia and cousin John

Cornelia and cousin John in a room

Another great ceiling

Edith's office - view 1

Edith's office - view 2

Martha in Edith's room

Edith's bedroom - view 1

Edith's bedroom - view 2

View into the Banquet Hall from the hallway above

Third Floor Living Hall

Third floor Living Hall - view 2

Photos of the statue people in the Living Hall

The Third Floor Living Hall - view 3

Windows in the staircase

Details on the walls of the staircase

Upstairs hallway

View above the fireplace in the Banquet Hall

The sign for the people gathered in the Banquet Hall

Serving Dishes decorating the Banquet Hall

Other upper view of the Banquet Hall

Billiard Room - view 1

Billiard Room - view 2

BilliardRoom - view 3

Wall decorations in Billiard Room

Sitting room - view 1

Sitting room - view 2

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 1

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 2

Tyrolean Chimney Room - view 3

Sign for Louis XV Room

Louis XV Room - view 1

Louis XV Room - view 2

Louis XV Room - view 3

Louis XV Room - view 4

Bathroom for the Louis XV Room

More of the staircase

Basement staircase

Artwork in the staircase

Underground hallway

Further into the hallway

Mural room in the basement

Video played talking about the estate's history

Sitting room along the hallway

Piano in the sitting room along the hallway

Top view of the indoor pool

Full view of the indoor pool

Exercise room - view 1

Exercise room - view 2

Exercise room - view 3

Entry into the cold storage room

Where jarred food was kept

A servant's room

A different servant's room

Servant's dining room

Kitchen - view 1

Kitchen - view 2

Kitchen - view 3

Dumb waiter to send food upstairs

Downstairs dining

Information about William Matthews

Motor for air to the pipe organ

Serving dish closet

Pottery Storage

Glassware storage

Linens hang dry

Decoration up the stairs

Door to china room

China storage - view 1

Butler in the china room

China Storage - view 2

China Storage - view 3

Whole house call buttons

Banquet Hall - view 1

Real picture of Florence Twombly

Banquet Hall - view 2

The different people represented in the Banquet Hall

Pipe organ in Banquet Hall

Tapestry in Banquet Hall

Banquet Hall - view 3

Other tapestry in Banquet Hall

Taxidermy decorations in the Banquet Hall

Banquet Hall - view 4

The statues of the people listed on the sign

View off the patio

View towards the mountains out back

More mountain views

View of the South Terrace from third floor

View of the field in front of the estate

Biltmore Estate

Walking around the Italian Garden

View of the back of the Biltmore Estate

Up close picture 1

Up close picture 2

Lion at the front of the house

Information about the Walled Garden

Information about Fredrick Law Olmsted who designed the Gardens

Entering the Rose Garden

Looking out through the covered walkway to the Rose Garden

Side view of the Rose Garden in early spring

Outside the Conservatory

Another view outside the Conservatory

Train track inside the Conservatory

The Gardens Railway in the Conservatory

Conservatory - view 1

Conservatory ceiling

A model of the house in the Conservatory

A model of the Conservatory

Information about the Conservatory

Beautiful plants

Garden Train going by...

Under the train track

Part of the Garden Railway outside the Conservatory

Model of the Estate stair wall

Along side of the Walled Garden

Landscape Highlights

Map of the Gardens and Trails

Walkway to the gardens

View of the Conservatory

Crossing the driveway to the Gardens

Entering the Walled Garden

Beach view on island opposite Cape Liberty Lighthouse

Us with Cape Liberty Lighthouse

Alligator visitor

View from back of the timeshare

Here is where the alligator started

He's watching me!

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Poison dart frogs

Humpback whale skeleton

Very large fish!

Redtail catfish

Pacu! See how big they are!

Oh look! It's another human!

Coral reef info

Types of seahorses

Weedy Sea dragon

Leafy Sea Dragon

Goliath Grouper

Group of horseshoe crabs

Dory and Marlin

Finding Nemo fish

Chambered nautilus

Erica in the penguin tube

Frank the Penguin

Sally is over 100 years old!

Peeking trough the trees

Turned over tree

Beautiful view 2

Beautiful view 1

Nature bent the tree

Great view to the dome

Standing at a big rock

On the way to Clingmans dome

Erica's favorite view - west

East View Map 1

Erica on the dome

Northern View Map

North View Map 2

East View Map 2

South View Map 1

South View Map 2

West View Map 1

West View Map 2

West View Map 3

Dad's favorite view

Dad below the dome

Hatfields and McCoys

All ready to go!

Taking the bus to the drop area

NC and TN border on the Pigeon River

Some calm waters

Rafting through the river

Walking to the next hole

Balls are too close

Waiting for a turn

Up into the wagon

Almost to the bottom

Going back down after playing golf

The fire station's decorations

Random statue in NOLA

Other random statues in NOLA

Even the fire trucks get decked out for Mardi Gras

History of Bienville - a part of NOLA in the French Quarter

Side of Bienville statue

Last view of Bienville statue

Great restaurant we went to

Look how wonderful this view is!

We met up with Sandra from our 2020 cruise

Historic info for The Court of Two Sisters

Street sign of the Court of Two Sisters

Decatur - this is how street signs are done - in sidewalks

Street view of St Anthony's Garden

Inside Café Du Monde

Café Du Monde Menu

Original version

Original Café Du Monde

Beignets and hot chocolate

Beignets and orange juice

Right side of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Left side of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Front of Andrew Jackson's Equestrian Statue

Jackson Square Water Fountain in front of St Louis Cathedral

Saying on the Café Du Monde cups

Modern day Café Du Monde

Not I can say I've been down Bourbon Street

Nice architecture along Bourbon St

MSY Mardi Gras 2023

Average black bear

We found a bear!

Sniffing around

You can't find me!

Setting out on a catamaran sunset sail

NCL Dawn before sunset

Cruise terminal in the distance

Pelican Adventures - the company we sailed with

NCL Dawn at port in Aruba

The sun goes down on a beautiful day in Aruba

Clouds give beautiful colors during a sunset.

Night sky starting to show

The sun is only found reflecting in the clouds.

Wonderful colors in the clouds!

Aft view of the NCL Dawn

And so ends a great day in Aruba.

NCL Dawn lit up for evening fun

Sailing around St Lucia

Look how clear the water is in St. Lucia

Getting closer to the pitons

Famous St Lucia Pitons viewed from a catamaran

Panorama view of the Pitons

Light shower as we headed back

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