Half Moon Cay Bahamas Stop

Tonight I am posting vacation pictures. Just getting back from a 5 day cruise to the Bahamas and Grand Turk. I have some habitat pictures of some palms growing at Half Moon Cay, Bahamas. Half Moon Cay is a 2800 acre island in the Bahamas. It is a private island owned by the cruise line. When we originally booked the cruise I thought that this was going to be a boring stop with the day devoted to the beach. But when we pulled up on the tender boats I knew what my day was going to be like. They have left the island almost untouched. They have only developed 50 acres or so for some pavilions and a few little store fronts. They had nature trails all over. So here are the pics from my ventures across the island.

Carnival Destiny

The marina the tenders pulled into. I first spotted the Pseudophoenix sargentii or Cherry palm growing on the rock ledges. These pics shows how harsh of a habitat the grow in.
The landscaping was done were nice with use of Cherry Palms every where.
Then I spotted 2 different Coccothrinax sp. 1 had a very fat trunk the biggest Cocco trunk I have seen, and the other pictured below was a typical thin trunk. I am not sure what either are.
These are a few Bismarkia nobilis seeds I collected in Nassau and planted in the area pictured above and below. So I planted 5 seeds. Maybe years down the road I will have another stop there and hopefully see that at least 1 of them make it.Baby Psuedophoenix sargentiiOn the right side there was a Blue Curly Tail Lizard. My camera did not catch it that good though.
Off in the brush I saw this monster growing. I had to make it back there for some pics.
On my way back I almost tripped over this orchid in spike.
Here was a bath up to some old ruins. There was another monster on the path.
This 1 had a big hole in it. I found out that this was somebodies lunch a long time ago. The heart of the palm is eaten by natives. They say it does not kill the palm. Here is the proof, but it sure makes the palm look ugly. This was the only 1 with a hole out of the 100's we saw.
View from the top of the trail looking out over the islandA few more Cherry Palms. Still none in seed. Heading back to the main area.
Some pics of the fat trunk Palm. If anyone knows fill me in. I found a couple seeds on these.

And right before we left there it was in all of its glory. The only 1 I saw in seed the whole day.
Those are my Half Moon Cay Bahamas Pictures, Thanks for Lookin'

I am Back and I Have Vacation Pictures!

After 11 days of no posting I am Back. I have had a fantastic adventure across the North East with my fiancee and her family. Begining in Boston for a wedding. WOW what a town. We arrived the same night as game 1 of the NBA Finals and the town was pack full of fans. I was there for 3 days staying in the financial district at the Hilton. I had a blast taking a trip down the Freedom Trail visiting Boston Habor, and attending a spectacular wedding on the 33rd floor of the E Trade Building at the State Room over looking Boston. Not to mention the countless visits to the many pubs located downtown. I could comeback here and spend weeks trying to see all of the different historical sites. The few that I did get to see were incredible. Faneuil Hall, The State House, Boston Commons, the Harbor, and the many Churches and cemeteries. After the wedding we planned to take a trip to NY. This is my first time to NYC. I tried to imagine how it would be, but once you get there it is more than you ever could imagine. I only had 1 1/2 days herebut got a lot in. Started at the Today Show and Rockefeller Center, then the Staten Island Ferry, next I made a trip down Wall Street, next we stopped by thr WTC site. That was very emotionel. The stroy about St Pauls Church blew me away. This church is located directly across the street from the WTC and when they came down a Sycamore Tree outside of the church was knocked over and protected the church. Not 1 single pane of glass was broken in the church. Next we made it to Canal St. this place as every Knock off available. After that we booked it up to the Natural History Muesum. We only had a few hours in there because the closed at %. Next we took a stroll through Central Park and stopped by the John Lennon Mosaic and took a picture in front of Strawberry Field. Then a stop by the Dakota's for a visit of a friend and ended at Time Sq. I could spend weeks here as well. This is a slide show of some of the pictures of my trip.

The sad part of my away time from the blog was my grandmother went in the hospital the day I left on my trip. My mom did not tell me to much while I was gone but when I came back I found out they had put her in Hospice. After 6 days in Hospice I came back and went and saw her. I told her I loved her and gave her a kiss. 2 hours later she passed away. She was a rock in my live. I only have a few of these and she is the second one that I have lost. The first being my dad back in 2001. This is a picture of my grandma and me in 1981 at River Kountry, Disney World.