The LIFE of Lee and Karen Duquette
before becoming the Two RV Gypsies
time running backwards star bar

Karen and Lee Duquette in the Bahamas - two cruises
December 1982 and August 24, 1985
Bahamas postcard

ocean wave

December 1982 in the Bahamas - most photos were lost long before this website was made. Below are a couple of photos of Karen and Lee Duquette as they did some snorkeling and then relaxed on the beach. They had nice tans.

map showing Feeport Lee Duquette by Scandinavian Sun cruise ship
Lee and Karen Duquette ready to go snorkeling
Karen and Lee Duquette on the beach Karen and Lee Duquette in the ocean
aren Duquette on the beach in 1982 Karen Duquette on the beach in 1982
Lee and Karen Duquette in Freeport
ocean wave

August 24, 1985

Karen and Lee Duquette took another cruise on the Scandinavian Sun Cruise ship to Freeport, Bahamas.

Scandinavian Sun cruise ship bording pass

Below: Ships at dock in Miami, Florida

ship at dock in Miamia Florida

ships at dock in Miami Florida

Below: Time to leave Miami, Florida and head to the Bahamas

leaving the port of Miami, Florida view from the bow of the ship

Below: Karen and Lee Duquette arrived in Freeport, Bahamas

Welcome To Freeport building

History book"Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama of the northwest Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres) of pineyard with substantial areas of swamp and scrub land by the Bahamian government with a mandate to economically develop the area. Freeport has grown to become the second most populous city in the Bahamas.

The main airport serving the city is the Grand Bahama International Airport, which receives domestic flights from various islands of the Bahamas as well as several international flights from the United States and Canada. Freeport is also served by domestic Bahamian ferry services to other islands.

The Grand Bahama Port Authority (GBPA) operates the free trade zone, under the Hawksbill Creek Agreement signed in August 1955 whereby the Bahamian government agreed that businesses in the Freeport area would pay no taxes before 1980, later extended to 2054. The area of the land grants within which the Hawksbill Creek Agreement applies has been increased to 56,000 hectares (138,000 acres)."

Above quote from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeport,_Bahamas

shopping in Freeport entertainement in Freeport Bahamas

Below: Lee and Karen Duquette at dinner
on the Scandinavian Sun cruise ship

Below: Lee and Karen Duquette on the deck
of the Scandinavian Sun cruise ship

Lee and Karen Duquette at dinner on the cruise ship Lee and Karen Duquette on the deck

Below: Entertainment Time on the Scandinavian Sun

Sun Follies show show on the cruise ship
show on the cruise shi
show on the cruise shi
show on the cruise shi

Below: Singers on Stage

A performer came into the audience and sat
on Lee Duquette's lap while she sang.
Why does SHE look scared? Lee was very happy.

Singers on Stage Lee Duquette got special treatment
dancers on stage performents on stage

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