Sea Glass on the Beautiful Island of Bermuda

We took a cruise to Bermuda at the beginning of September. We went by RCL on the Explorer--one of our favorite ships. It was our fourth time on the Explorer--we love that ship because it goes out of Bayonne NJ and we don't need to fly -its an easy 2 hour drive from home. We also love that ship because it goes to Bermuda--a Sea Glass Lover's Paradise!! We arrived in Bermuda early in the morning and we were among the first people off the ship. We took a ferry to St George where we picked up a cab to Alexandra Battery. We could have walked--we have before!--but it was hot and the way is steep. Its about 1 1/2 miles and that wouldn't be so bad but we knew from experience that we would be carrying back a lot of sea glass and it can get really heavy. When we got to the beach, there was hardly anyone there. A few locals with their kids taking an early swim but they were packing up when we arrived. We met two fellows from another cruise ship who arrived right after us--they were snorkling and picking up a little of the glass. We were there roughly two hours and it may seem amazing but in that time we collected 51 pounds of glass--and we were picky! It was low tide and more glass is exposed at that time. The fellows who were snorkling told us that when you are out in the water and your ears are underwater you can hear the glass rolling in the waves.. It is so loud and there is so much it sounds like someone is routing through the silverware drawer in their kitchen. We brought along a nice supply of 1 gallon zip lock bags and as we filled them we placed them in our tote bags. When we were finally ready to leave we called for a cab and headed back to the ferry in St George. Our bags were a little heavy on the walk from the ferry back to the ship and it was really hot that day. When we were going through the security check to get back on the ship, the security crew got a kick out of our "haul"--not many people pick the trash off the beaches and bring over 50 pounds of it home with them!!
Can't wait to go back--its really a sea glass paradise.