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Stupid little sailor boy at Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, 1983.
Same boy, same spot, 26 years later.
First view from the airport
View from one window of our hotel room.
View from the other window of our hotel room.
You have to love having the high and low temp of the day being equal.
View of our hotel, The Fairmont Hamilton Princess, from the water.
REDRUM! REDRUM!
Gold Lounge where we had breakfast and afternoon snacks each day.
On the Railbed bike trail to the western end.
More scenes from the railbed.
East Whale Beach in Southampton.
Marcia on the Beach.
Tidal pool.
Go Navy!
Marcia in cart at Riddell's Bay Golf Club.
Eighth hole, Riddell's Bay.
Clubhouse, Riddell's Bay.
Victualizing Yard at the Naval Dockyards, once an abandoned hulk, now a big tourist destination.
View over the Dockyards from the Commissioner's House.
View over the water from the Commissioner's House.
Sighted sailboat, sank same.
Marcia at the Dockyards.
Upper Cave Battery, light tunnel.
Clocktowers and tugs, Dockyard.
We walked several times each each day from the hotel to Front Street, passing these sights on the way, beginning with the whale tail fountain.
Crane cuts the sky.
Marcia on the Sidewalk.
Sweetie. Darling. Sweetie Darling.
Bacardi Headquarters.
Even lawyers need love.
Lights in trees above the Yacht Club.
Flowers at the Botanical Gardens.
Big weird tree, Botanical Gardens.
Bird of Paradise on the road to the Gardens.
Spanish moss in Fort Hamilton.
In the moat garden at Fort Hamilton.
No way out from the moat garden.
Cathedral of the Most Holy Trinity.
Session's House.
Johnny, Spirit of Bermuda.
Big RO/RO ship with amphibious assault style loading capabilities, pulled into and dominated town skyline for a couple of days, then vanished over night.
Sports Center; I watched cricket here in 1983, but not this trip, alas.
I ate Bermudan Fish Chowder every day while I was there. Sometimes more than once.
Park bench in Allbouys Park. Debauchery took place here in 1983.
Marcia at the Friday night reception at the hotel.
Later that same evening, on a mysterious downtown stairwell.
Mantis fountain in Par-Le-Ville Park.
Reader sculpture in Par-Le-Ville Park.
We were lucky enough to be in Bermuda for its national holiday, Bermuda Day, when they celebrated their 400th anniversary with an awesome all-day parade and party.
Marcia on the parade route, where people marked their spots days in advance.
We parked ourselves across from this church to watch the parade.
The parade opened with the Bermudan Motorcycle Club.
Regimental Band marches by playing Bob Marley's "Jammin".
Gombey dancers.
More Gombey dancers.
The Birdcage.
Parade float.
Marching band.
Another float.
Dance troupe.
Beauty. Beast.
Beast in front of hotel sign.
Can't get enough of that Beauty.
Mark Twain, a regular at the Princess, couldn't either.