Bermuda and the Passage from the Abacos - May, 2006

Our first sunset of the passage.

Cassie and Juliana preparing to throw over a message in a bottle. 

Juliana shows off the new gap in her teeth.

Dinner at sunset underway.

We improvised with five players in a game of Rummikub.  Other than using the Bread Cookbook to hide my tiles, we also only picked twelve tiles instead of fourteen and required twenty points instead of thirty to get in.

Thanks to the freezer onboard, we had sushi also while underway!

No wind but ominous looking skies.  Unfortunately, they did not contain any significant breeze.

The one thing we have been seeing a lot of are Portugese Man-O-War.

Larson actually got up early enough to enjoy the final portion of our passage, entering St. Georges Harbor.

There must be some ordinance in Bermuda that the roofs have to all be painted white. 

One of the many public gardens and parks throughout the island.

ZIA at anchor in St. Georges Harbor.

Our friends from the "Phoenix," pulling up anchor.  You can see the water that automatically washes the anchor chain as it is being raised. 

"Phoenix" departing St. Georges Harbor.  You can also see the stern of one of the two cruise ships that were in town when we arrived.  By Friday afternoon they were both gone.

Juliana keeping in touch with Gran and Gramps via satellite phone.

Joe and Larson inspired each other with pull ups and chin ups. 

One of the other benefits of our favorite restaurant in St. Georges was the entertainment provided for the girls by a nearby tree.

The blue and white striped awnings are "The Tavern By the Sea."

This park is just off the cruise ship dock, overlooking the harbor.

The girls found a very friendly cat that reminded us very much of our old cat, Sunshine.

I've been getting some ideas about new disciplinary techniques from some of the local antiquities.

Glenn Harman, our crew for the passage to Europe, posing with the family in our favorite park in Hamilton.

The pink building in the center of this photo is the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, with the big power boat tied up at its docks and the cruise ships just beyond.

High fashion in Bermuda, you routinely see business men in shirts, ties, Bermuda shorts and dark high knee socks walking down the streets on their lunch break.  This was one of the more colorful outfits.

There was a party in the square in St. Georges the night before we took off for the Azores, complete with kid attractions and music.

No relation, as far as we know!

The docks of the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.