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Seven Day Bermuda Cruise, May 5-12, 2007

Day Port

Arrive

Depart

Activity

 
05-May Norfolk, Virginia  

4:00 PM

Boarding

06-May Cruising    

Cruising

07-May Hamilton, Bermuda

1:00 PM

 

Docked

08-May Hamilton, Bermuda    

Docked

09-May Hamilton, Bermuda  

7:00 AM

Docked

09-May St. George Island, Bermuda

9.00 AM

 

Docked

10-May St. George Island, Bermuda  

12:00 PM

Docked

11-May Cruising    

Cruising

12-May Norfolk, Virginia

7:00 AM

 

Docked

Another great cruise, in spite of the uncooperative weather. We did not hear of any complaints, so I guess it's safe to say, a good time was had by all.  All though the ship was smaller than the one's we have sailed on in the past, it was still a good ship. As for the cabins, I don't want to say they were small, but when we walked into ours, I thought I was walking into the closet and so I started to look for the door to our cabin. Lil informed me that we were in our cabin. If we thought our cabin was small, you should have seen our bathroom, as a matter of fact if you see our bathroom, let me know where it is, I still can't find it.  All kidding aside, Lil and I enjoyed the cruise very much, the food as usual was very good and plentiful. Cabin stewards, waiters, servers etc. were very accommodating. The nightly Showtime Entertainment was good also.
One final note, boarding and disembarking through the Half Moon terminal in Norfolk was a breeze, better than some of the others we have gone through
.

           I want to thank Bob Simpson, Don Coveleski and Mike Rigdon for sharing some of their photos for this page. It was not easy picking out 138 pictures for this page out of a total of 1,035 all good photos. I don't know how many times I sifted through all of them to come up with the ones I have posted here.  I tried to tell the story of us leaving and returning.

 

Photo   Credits: Don Coveleski (53 photos)
 7,8,9,11,29,30,43,44,46to48,53,54,59,61,62,65,70,74to82,85,89,105,106,108,110,112to122,127to130,132,135to138.
Bob Simpson (8 photos)     Mike Rigdon (22 photos)                                  Lil Menta     Dom Menta
No's. 5,12,13,14,15,83,88,131.       No's. 3,31to42,86,90,91,93,94,107,109,111,134.          No. 73            Remaining 53 photos.

1

We are on our way.
2

Half Moon Terminal where we were docked.
3

Bye-bye Ma Ma, see you on the 12th.
4

Police escort?, are they trying to tell us Sailors something?
5

A few feet from the dock and one person is in the pool already.
6

Our Chief Dick Haman and his mate, Claire
Our first evening meal, as usual we wear our identifying tee shirts.
7

Dale and Lucille, McConnell
8

Dom and Lil Menta
9

Capt. Michael Turner and his wife Sandy
10

Don Coveleski and Jerry DeChant

 

11

Jerry, are you enjoying that pie and ice cream?
12

L to R: Gene Gingrich, Bernie and Marilyn Johnson, Don and Diana Ekberg, Myles Johnson, Andy Murphy, Helen Gingrich.
13

L to R: Peg Simpson, Zane Baughman, Ann and Russ Texter, (grandparents of Zane).  Carol and Marty Sippel
 
14

L to R: Jerry DeChant, Lil and Ray Borzon, Marilyn Schlegel, Charlie Haas, Joanne Slaughter, Harold Wallace.
15

L to R: Dale and Lucille
Mc Connell, Claire and Dick Hamann, Mike and Sandy Turner, Lil and Dom Menta.
16

Lil and Ray Borzon getting information on tours.
17

Marilyn Johnson and Helen Gingrich are beating Andy Murphy and Myles Johnson at this board game.
18

1st dress up night.
Bernie, Marilyn Johnson.
 Diana, Don Ekberg.
19

Myles, Andy, Helen, Gene.
20

Gloria and Jim Flynn
21

Norman and Pauline Christensen
22

Dempsey (Clem) Clemons,
Susan McClure, Mike Rigdon
23

Capt. Mike and Sandy Turner
24

Joe and Judy Determan.
25

Janice and Frank Perry.
26

Charles and Sally Stevenson
27

Marilyn Schlegel, Charles Haas
28

Zane Baughman, Ann and
Russ Texter
29

 Carol, Marty, Dom and Lil.
Mike and Sandy.
30

You have heard of rough seas, well this is rough pool water.
31

We have arrived in Hamilton
32
33

Royal Navy Dockyard
34

Clocktower Shopping Mall
35

The following photos were taken at the sprawling six-acre fortress at he Keep.
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43

Nice shot of Lil and Ray.
44

Our cocktail party.
 
45
46
47

Beverly and Joe Torchia
48

Derek and Beth Fernandes,
Gloria and Milt Contares
49
50

Don Lecik and grandson, Don Lecik lll
51

Millisa and Don Lecik JR.
52

Susan McClure and Mike Rigdon
53

Susan
54

Don Ekberg, Lucille McConnell,
Diana Ekberg, Dale McConnell.
55

Beverly and Joe Torchia,
Don Coveleski, Joanne Slaughter,
Harold Wallace
56

Jane Gavin, Frank and Janice Perry, Judy and Joe Determan, Ed Gavin.
 
57

Bernie, Andy, Gene,Myles,
58

Charles and Sally Stevenson,
John and Sylvia Anderson.
59

John and Rose Mary Swainson,
family photo.
 
60

Tom, Russ, Ann and Zane
61

Ed and Jane
62

Joyce and Walter Newman
63

Mike and Ed
64

Ships Captain Gunnar Todal
 
65
66

Dick gives one of our Tee shirts to the ships Captain..........
67

and a USS Wisconsin ball cap.
 
68

Our Association VP Ed Gavin,
gives us an update on our 2008 reunion and other subjects.
69

Two Captains discussing ships
70

Capt. Todal looks good in his
USS Wisconsin ball cap.
71

Don Coveleski. busy taking pictures for this page.
72

Group photo taken by the ships photographer.

 
73

Photo of just USS Wisconsin crew members, taken by
 Lil Menta
74

Following are photos of Front Street taken a various times during the day.
75
76
77
78
79
80

Midnight buffet at pool side.
81
82

Sun? rise, 6:45AM prior to going through the cut leading to St. George
83

Cut, straight ahead
84

Passing Fort St. Catherine
85

Closer to the Cut.
86

Entering the cut.
87

Official welcome
88

This port is not as busy as Hamilton.
 
89
90

Heading for the dock.
91

Controlling the ship from outside the Bridge.
92

As you can see we are tied up.
93

Crystal Caves
 
94
95

Walking Tour
96
97

 Town Hall
98

Inside Town Hall
99

Marc Lopratio, grandson of
John and Rose Mary Swainson.
100

Lil and Ray shopping.
101

Dick, Dom, Bob, Ed,
Sandy and Mike.
102

Robert and Mary Shackleton
103

Don and Jerry
104

Sally and Charles
105

The unfinished church
106

Some guys still can't go on liberty without getting into trouble.
Jerry, Don, what did you two do?
107

Time for everyone to be back on board, ( and into the pool) prior to leaving St. George.
108

Good bye
109
110

Back through the cut again.
111

Out of the cut.
112

Hold onto your hats, it's a little windy leaving port.
113

Looks like it's time for a snack.
114

Belly flop contest, won by one of the Swainsons sons.
115

2nd dress up night.
Don's personal Photographer?
116

Lil and Ray
117

Mike and Sandy
118

oops!
119

Dick and Claire
120

Lil
121

Dale and Lucille
122

Marilyn and Charles
123

Carol and Marty
124

Peg and Bob
125

 Gloria and Milton
126

Royce Howe and his sister
Sylvia Howe
127

Jerry DeChant
( I think he was moonlighting as a waiter)
128

Jane, Walter, Mary
129

Bob,Joyce, Ed.
130

Sandy and Mike
131

Another oops!
Marty and Carol
132

Bob and Peg
Well, it's the last day so lets have one last ice cream.
Boy, that looks good!
133

They say you always gain weight on a cruise. Not so for our Chief, Dick, look at how much weight he lost.
134

Clem wants to know if this is how Dick lost all that weight.
135

Hi, my name is Caleb and my great grandfather is
John Swainson.
 If you got a minute, I have some USS Wisconsin sea stories to tell you.

 
136

The last night send off by our waiters.
137

Sunset on our last night.
138

Hi Ma Ma, we're baaaaaaaaack!

 

 

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