{"id":573884977,"date":"2013-06-13T21:16:31","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T02:16:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573884977"},"modified":"2013-07-05T11:18:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-05T16:18:19","slug":"horseshoe-bay-bermuda-day-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2013\/06\/13\/horseshoe-bay-bermuda-day-two\/","title":{"rendered":"Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda &#8211; day two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the afternoon here, at beautiful Horseshoe Bay. This is the far side, the entrance would be in the background down the right margin. Famous beach, very pretty place:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june34.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>There was a lot of energy in the water today. I snorkeled around the big rocks at the point one time and gave it up. It was manageable, but all the fish were elsewhere, so it wasn&#8217;t really worth it.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june35.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The best part of the day was on the beach. This guy had it figured out:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june36.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The next several photographs are just part of a series of the day&#8217;s snapshots.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june37.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june38.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june39.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june40.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The White-tailed tropic bird,  <em>Phaethon lepturus catesbyi<\/em>, is the smallest of three closely related seabirds. Based on the colors and length of the tail this one is a male: <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june41.jpg\" alt=\"Longtail\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june42.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june43.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june44.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Come on in, the water&#8217;s fine!&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>(It was a bit cool, actually.)<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june45.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june46.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>This is apparently the thing to do now, enlist someone to take a photo just as you&#8217;re about to be doused. Do it for Facebook!<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june47.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The most colorful, smelliest guy on the beach. He was the first one of the locals as the tourists started leaving and the locals moved back in, about 4:30.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june48.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>I wonder how this happened, geologically speaking.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june49.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>The trail behind the beach. Lone tree, trail and sand running out of the back of the shot. Fair composition. <\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june50.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june51.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june52.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june53.jpg\" alt=\"HorseshoeBay\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Our cab driver had a global economic theory. If we all worked less, others could work more. Unemployment would go down, vacations would go up. Not sure about the first part,but I like the second-level effect.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june54.jpg\" alt=\"Cabbie\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here is <strike>magician<\/strike> illusionist <a TARGET=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/thejasonbishopshow.com\/\">Jason Bishop<\/a>. He&#8217;s highly regarded as one of the best guys working, despite some cheesy sweeper sound effects. Here he has placed his lovely assistant in a box, folded it up and then stuffed it full of blades.<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june55.jpg\" alt=\"JasonBishop\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Bishop and his lovely assistant, Kim, after she was found safe and sound in the recently perforated and then-rebuilt box. At one point he&#8217;d spun her head around and around in the original structure. It would be hard to explain. Just go with it, it was visually impressive:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june56.jpg\" alt=\"JasonBishop\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Before the show he invited people to come up and sign his magic box. This bit has been in play for a while, as you can see, and so the magic box (which was empty, I tested it) has almost become a piece of folk art. For the show he invited about a dozen people from the audience onto the stage. He stuffed Kim in a canvas bag and had three people tie it up. He locked the box and stood on top. The dozen or so participants from the crowd threw up a big curtain, just long enough to get it over Bishop&#8217;s head. When it fell, Kim was standing on top of the box. She hopped down, unlocked the box and he was inside, in the bag, and the knot-tiers verified those were their knots. It was blink-of-an-eye fast. We talked with one of the knot-tiers later. She said all you could hear was a quick bang, like the lid of the box shutting. She was two feet away and mystified. Neat trick:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june57.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>We met one of the chefs tonight. He was from Jamaica. He said his job was to count things. So I guess he handled the logistics of how many lobster tails the ship needed. In a sense, he is every bit as important as the guy driving the thing. <\/p>\n<p>Because you don&#8217;t want to anger a bunch of old people from New Jersey who&#8217;ve just learned they can&#8217;t get that second dessert:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june58.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>More food art. Some watermelons from sushi hour:<\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june59.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/photo\/june13\/june60.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We spent the afternoon here, at beautiful Horseshoe Bay. This is the far side, the entrance would be in the background down the right margin. Famous beach, very pretty place: There was a lot of energy in the water today. I snorkeled around the big rocks at the point one time and gave it up. 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