Hanging out on the Waterfront | Bigkitty Gallery

Created on: Saturday 11 April 2009
Posted on: Saturday 10 February 2024
Dimensions: 3264*2448
Filesize: 2869 KB
Albums: Vacations / 2009 NCL Gem to Florida and the Bahamas
Make: Canon
Model: Canon PowerShot SD1100 IS
DateTimeOriginal: 2009:04:11 23:11:24
ApertureFNumber: f/4.9
FNumber: 49/10
ExposureTime: 1/160
ISOSpeedRatings: 80
Flash: 24
WhiteBalance: 0

You lived with your food.

Yellow one is: Sikorsky HO4S-3G (H-19) Chicka

Wider shot of the Flight Deck

Why These Places Have Failed Us

Why Did Pirates Disappear?

Who carved the graffiti?

Who built Fort Charlotte?

White Chocolate Piano

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

What Lord Dunmore has done

What has become of the old well?

What happens when you clean your car without a scraper.

Wednesday's Animal - Sitting Pig

We're getting closer...

Waves bring food to the snails

War! And Peace?

Walls of the Queen's Staircase

Walking in Fort Charlotte

Walking around in port

Waiting for a Hanged Pirate

View off our balcony

View 2 of Rover

USS Intrepid Museum with many planes...

Unsure of what animal...any thoughts?

Tuesday's Animal - Seal

True, pirates were black

True, pirates had parrots

Touissaint Louverture

Top of Saturn 5 Rocket

To Set a Warship Ablaze

Timeline: Nassau Harbour

Thursday's Animal - Elephant

This cannon could hit our ship too!

This cannon can shoot our ship!

This building is the height of 2 football fields

The wet snow stuck to everything!

The wet snow is just pulling everything down!

The well is VERY deep...

The the shuttles are assembled

The statue of the Bahamian Woman

The Statue of Liberty in the morning sun.

The snowman moved out of the way of the car.

The signs states to drive slowly!

The ship is all chocolate!

The Ruths talking to the guide

The Regiments of Fort Charlotte

The port at Freeport

The Pirates' Code of Conduct

The Military Storehouse of Our Island

The hole they climb into the shuttle

The Hilltop Fortress

The green door is turning white!

The front of the Norwegian Gem

The Fine Forts of Nassau

The east coast of Florida

The backend of a rocket

The Attractions of Piracy

The antena of the Rover

The "Revenge" ship info

That way is were everyone else was...

That is a STOP sign...you can barely see the red under the snow.

Tender boat to take us to the island.

Suryia, Bubbles, Buggy

Suryia by the Pool Side

Sunrise on our way back to NYC

Sunday's animal - bulldog

Sun glistening on the blue water....

Sugar coral reef

STS-125 mission on Launch pad 39A

Strengthening the Defenses

Steve's trying to get the car cleaned off to leave, but the snow keeps falling.

Steve (brother) at bottom of the staircase

Stephen was caught!

Stealth fighter jet

Statues in the windows of the town when pirates were around.

Statue of Liberty's left side

Statue of Liberty

Statue from a far

Starting point of roll out runway

Snow stuck to everything!

Snails finding homes in the nooks and crannies...

Snails all over the rocks

Sir Milo Boughton Butler

Sideview of the NCL Gem

Sideview of Sitting Pig

Sideview of Penguin

Sideview of Elephant

Side of the Bulldog

Shows how some stuff was stored

Ships at port...

ship: Revenge at port

Shanty Town mock-up

See how thick the castle walls were...

See for Yourself

Seal head out of water

Saturn 5 rocket

Satellite on display

Rover Info continued

Roll way road made of gravel

Rockets that are used with the shuttles

Rocket engines up close

Road...what road...just follow the tire tracks.

Retired launch pads

Rest of Fort Charlotte Information

Read Elding Info

Rahmesh Swimming

Queen's Staircase

Purpose of holes in the casemate

Press Yard Info

Plane on USS Intrepid

Pirates with the islanders

Pirate paintings

Pirate Museum of Nassau (outside)

Pirate Artifacts

People part of the shuttle

People of Fort Charlotte

Passing the Staten Island Ferry

Part of Providence Island

Outside the cells

Outside of the fort

Our cabin balcony...2 up from back of #9 boat.

Our balcony...it had some great views this vacation!

Our balcony has the white spot on the glass...middle of picture...

other side of people shuttle

Orange tail one: UH-1A Huey

Only half of the Saturn 5 rocket

Onboard surgery

On the tender boat back to the Gem

Older snail colony...

Ojas and his human friends

Oh oh...wrong place to stand!

Now the lizard poses

Norwegian Gem at port

Nice scenary...

Nice chocolate design

Neat view of the cables on the Sagamore Bridge

Near the top of the shuttle

NCL welcome sign of Chocoholic Buffet

NCL ships all seem to smile on the front...

NCL Gem Pool Deck

NCL Gem from the tender boat

NCL Gem boat artwork

NCL Gem as seen from Fort Fincastle

Nassau's Lighthouse

Nassau Water Tower

NASA buildings off in the background

My father-in-law under the Saturn 5 rocket

Moving closer to the end of our trip.

More Pirate Artifacts

More information

Monday's Towel animal - Penguin

Mom Calhoun and Stephen

Modern chocolate art

Mock shuttle command

Military lizard

Map of Americas

Many pirates kept parrots...T/F?

Manhatten Terminal

Luner Roving Vehicle info

Lunar Rover 1 view

Love the artwork on the sides...

Love how the waves looked here...

Lots of wet snow fell this year.

Lord Dunmore's thoughts

Lord Dunmore's cell

Looks like a greek god...

Look at that ocean color!

Living quarters on the ship

Life in the Merchant Navy

Life in service of the Military

Life in a wave pool...

Life at sea information

Letter from a military man

Leaving the terminal

Launch Pad 39A info

Lady Liberty's face close up

Lady Liberty at dusk

Just a beautiful island!

John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore

Isn't she beautiful?

Is this a better place to stand?

Interesting ice and fruit sculpture

Inside the jail

Information about weapons

Information about cannons used there

Info at look out tower

In Defence of Nassau

How to drive on the moon

How they loaded cargo

Heading out for some nice photos.

Heading into port

Head-on view of the rocket engines

Hanging out on the Waterfront

Groove in the wall from the drawbridge

Great Stirup Cay water...beautiful blue.

Great Stirup Cay

Graceful ice bird...

Govinda and Sloka

Good food and wine

Getting closer to the main land

General view at port

Gain Knowledge of these Fortress Guns

Fortifying New Providence

Fort Stanley and Fort D'Arcy

Fort Nassau September 15, 1718

Fort Finncastle and the Water tower

Fort Finncastle (different angle)

Fort Fincastle's guns

Fort Fincastle story

Fort Fincastle information

Fort Charlotte main entrance

Fort Charlotte Information

Foliage around the Queen's Staircase

Flight Deck of USS Intrepid

Explorer Shuttle on display

Explaining how gross it was

Even I-495 is covered!

Erica on the island...not a good picture....

Erica on the balcony...

Erica is held captive

Erica at the top of the Queen's Staircase

Entrance into Nassau

Entering the Pirate Museum

End view of USS Intrepid

End of roll out run-way

Edward Teach (Blackbeard)

Driving by the Cape Cod Canal

Dividing the Loot

Defending the Bahamas

Deadly Dinner for 2

Crystal clear water...

Cover to orginal well

Couple of rock islands at the place...

Coral reef of sugar...

Cool snowy view of the back of the house.

Contraptions to hold pirates

Conflicts in the New World

Conditions below deck

Coming closer to the lady

Coastal rocket launchers

Closer view of the Stealth Fighter

Closer to the open sea

Closer to our room...30 minutes of tendering later...

Closer cannon view

Close-up...are you sure it's an elephant?

Close-up view of the runway

Close-up of crossbones and skull

Christopher Columbus, Woodes Rogers and Edward Teach

Chocolate Sculpture

Chocolate Piano

Chocolate coral reef

Cheryl befriends a pirate

Captain Woodes Rogers' journal

Cannon view from above

Can you get the car to reverse?

Butterfly is in the middle of the picture...

Butterflies and lizards on our walk...

Building Fort Charlotte

Brookline Bridge...maybe?

Brooklin Bridge

Brian likes this one...

Brian and his mom (Cheryl)

Brian and Erica...

Brian and Cheryl go shopping

Brad and Cheryl

Brad (Brian's dad)

Blackbeard battling

Black pirates in the Caribbean?

Beer Lane, London, England 1735

Beautiful color water

Barrels on a ship

Bald Eagle flying around

Bahamas Historic Plaque for Fort Fincastle

Bahama Island Coat of Arms

Back of the top of the shuttle

Asian inspired chocolate sculpture

Aries the Liger Baby Swimming

Approaching the unloading zone...

Approaching the land

Another view of her.

Another view of Fort Charlotte

Another view of 39A

Another satellite

Another lizard basking

Anne (Erica's mom)

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

Almost in front of her.

Almost every room has a view...

Aft of a ship decorations

Adan (on right) with friend...the best greeter in the AM!

Above Fort Charlotte

A orange butterfly

A marooned pirate

A couple of feet of snow!

65 steps down...

5 engines to thurst up the rocket

"You laughing at me?"

Brian and Cheryl

Powered by Piwigo