April Showers! Er, photos....
I've uploaded a lot of photos from April, most of which got linked on the blog for BEDA, but there are some new ones and I liked having one nice summary for the month of March, SO you get another one here.
Side note: the Monterey and San Francisco album has captions and descriptions so you'll know what you're seeing! It also has some repetitiveness because I uploaded everything I might want to use for scrapbooking... So yeah.
March has come and gone...
...and with it came a LOT of photos, so I split them into smaller albums to make them more manageable. I'm trying to stay on top of things, but don't be surprised if there isn't always a blog post to go with the albums. I'll put links to all of the photos from this month below to make it easier to find them. ^_^
March Photos:
Photos from February
There is a new album with February photos, but I'll be uploading quite a few albums, so if it gets lost, you can find it
by clicking here!
Joshua Tree NP and a Baby Panda
Hello! There will be a few new albums going up, so check the next several down if you want to see them all. I've got one from Joshua Tree National Park, and also one from my sister's visit to California, plus photos of the six month old panda at the San Diego Zoo. ^_^
Cape Hatteras in the fog
There is a new album with photos from January 10 and 11, from the North Carolina Outer Banks. The Hatteras and Bodie Island lighthouses, First Flight monument, and Fort Raleigh (site of the Lost Colony of Roanoke) are included. ^_^
Charleston and Williamsburg
Two new albums for you-- one from Charleston, South Carolina, and Fort Sumter; one from Williamsburg, Virginia, and surrounding areas. I've been on a National Parks tour of late. Enjoy!
Wild horses in the OBX!
This past weekend (before Christmas) I took a trip with a friend to the North Carolina Outer Banks in search of wild horses... Take a look at what we found. ^_^
TWO new albums!
The two most recent albums are actually a little out of order, but they include my also set of photos from Hawaii (mostly sunsets, which I find appropriate) and then the first couple of days in San Diego (including photos from the SD Zoo, also appropriate). I'm somewhat limited on what I can do, so there probably won't be captions, but I hope you enjoy them anyway. ^_^
Photos from Florida
The new album is from the first week of November when my sister and I took a roadtrip to Orlando, Florida. The first section is from the UF football game we attended, then you'll see Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal, and then Disney World. Enjoy! (Especially since I don't have time to caption...)
Mexico Mission Trip
The new album has photos from our mission trip to Ensenada, Mexico. They have captions explaining what you're seeing. Enjoy! ^_^
Road trip to the north woods
On Thursday and Friday we took a trip to Ely, MN, and the Minnesota north woods. The newest album has the photos from that trip. :) While there, we visited the North American Bear Center, the Dorothy Molter Museum (the famous Rootbeer Lady), and the International Wolf Center, not to mention the town of Ely itself (pronounced Ee-lee) and several lakes. Wildlife spotted included loons, hawks, eagles, peregrine falcon, and a coyote, though we didn't get photos of most of them. Enjoy our trip!
The NationAl Eagle Center and Laura Ingalls Wilder waystop
The new album is from our visit to the National Eagle Center on July 3. We saw two of the eagles playing in the river to cool off, and saw all of the birds in the center, then visited the Little House in the Big Woods waystop on the way out of town.
Minneapolis walking tour
I took a walking tour today of historic Minneapolis, which used to be called Mill City because of all of the mills here. I've added some photos from that tour below, but without captions for the time being. I'll try to add them later if I get a chance... :)
Photos from Elise's visit
I've added a lot of photos from my sister's visit earlier this month. We did a lot more than what I photographed, most notably another hike out to Kaena Point, but I didn't always want to carry my camera, especially with the sheer amount of hiking we did. It's too bad I didn't have it at Kaena, though-- there was a baby monk seal snuggling with its mother, not to mention a ton of fish in the tide pools. I'm glad I didn't have to haul it all the way out there, though.
Anyway, there are descriptions if you click on the pictures so you know what you're seeing. Enjoy! ^_^
New photos-- Military Appreciation Day and Memorial Day weekend
There are a few new albums-- I never posted about the pirate photos, for instance. But the new ones as of today are from Military Appreciation Day at the zoo and of the hikes we did over Memorial Day weekend.
Military Appreciation Day was an event I both attended and worked as a volunteer-- so I got to participate in a couple of things, but mostly I did educational talks about primates and tigers and then strolled through the zoo answering questions for people. That's why all of the photos are of animals. Well, mostly why. I also just like photographing animals. ^_^ It helps that I know these "personally."
The hiking photos are actually all of the same hike. Kaena Point is the westernmost point of our island, and there isn't a road that goes around it. Instead is a trail that you can (partially) do with an all-wheel-drive vehicle, but to really get around the point, you have to hike. At the end is a wildlife refuge where seabirds nest and monk seals bask and have their pups. When we visited over Memorial Day weekend, we saw two monk seals and a nesting albatross, not to mention all the other birds and whatnot. So here are those photos.
I'm also making a point to have a bunch of photos of J and me because I realized that in 2011 we only took 7 pictures together. Sad.
Mad Hatter Tea
Photos have been added from the Mad Hatter tea party, though they are mostly of my friend's daughter who had fun playing dress-up and being a tightrope walker. The photos came out well, though, and I have permission to post them, so... here you are. :)
Geeky Easter Eggs
I've uploaded all the photos of my egg-decorating project this weekend. There are eggs with several themes-- Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, and Harry Potter, as well as some Celtic and some "classic" designs, etc. I also took some photos mid-process. Hope you enjoy them!
Four New Albums-- February, whale watching, etc.
There are FOUR new albums up for your viewing pleasure! Most of them are captions, though not all. You'll find them below. ^_^
December 2011 and January 2012
There are two new albums. I didn't take many photos in December and most of those are from my phone, but there are some pretty ones already from January. ^_^
November 2011-- photos from the trip east
Well, it took me most of today, but I finally got all the photos from my trip edited and uploaded a representative collection. I'll add captions later. ^_^
September/October
I've (finally) uploaded early autumn photos. There aren't many because I didn't do a whole lot, and mostly I was photographing sunrises and landscapes. Hope you enjoy them!
((I'll be posting November photos later tonight... Have to edit first!))
August photos
There are photos in the August album now. I didn't take many photos in July or August, but what I took I've posted. :)
May and June photos
May and June photos are now uploaded, including some of the ship right before it got underway. I still have them in chronological order, so the July photos are still at the top.
Fireworks photos
There are now photos from 4th of July posted with titles/captions. I still need to upload photos from May and June, but I'll get them online soon. ^_^
Philippines Photos
Hello! Sorry for the really long gap in updates. There's been a lot going on lately and not a lot of time to update photos. I've got a good collection of Philippines photos up now, but won't have time to caption them for a little bit so you'll have to bear with me. Enjoy them!
April photos
So, I was bad and didn't upload any photos from April at all... but that doesn't mean I didn't take any. I've got them up now, including clouds sitting on mountains, a trip on the Atlantis Submarine (first time w/ the new camera!), zoo pictures, a baptism on the ship, and a few other odds and ends. I might caption them if I have time, but with my current track record, I might not. Enjoy!
More March photos
There are a handful of new March photos
starting with this one for your viewing pleasure. ^_^
Mostly it's just some stuff I found at the beach last week, and then a few photos of a praying mantis in one of my plants.
Change of Command
Here are some photos from last week's change of command ceremony on board the ship. ^_^
March 2011
Here's the first half of March for you. I got a new camera, so there are a lot of experimental photos in here, mostly of the cats (my usual test subjects) but also of things I've seen this month; as I go to different places I'm trying out new settings and playing with my new telephoto lens.
The second part (right after the cats) is of Ko'Olina-- beaches and tide pools with tiny fish. The third part is of the Honolulu Festival Parade on Sunday, March 13. I'll add captions as I have time!
February
I forgot to post for February... so here's pretty much all of it!
Latter half of January
Okay, so I've been bad about post photos, but I finally have all of the second half of January up along with captions and in the correct order! Shutterfly hasn't been nice to me lately in that regard, so it took some time.
I have lots of photos from the zoo, including of the new lion, Moxie! She's very photogenic and looks right at the camera. I didn't get any whale photos yesterday at the whale count (being too busy counting, y'know...), but I did take some of the early morning views.
Yesterday afternoon we went to Chinatown for the Chinese New Year celebration and parade, so the biggest chunk of photos is from that. Hope you enjoy them!
Click here to go to zoo pictures!
Or
click here to skip ahead to Chinese New Year pictures!
January
Photos from the first half of January are now posted WITH captions. I never got them done for the family visit, though I think most of it was pretty self-explanatory. Most of these new photos are from this past weekend at Camp Erdman on the north shore.
Family visit
J's family came to visit for Christmas and New Years, so the new album is all of that. I'll add captions soon, but for now at least the pictures are in order. ^_^
Christmas party pictures
A couple of new photos from last night, starting here with a
photo of our Christmas tree. We didn't take any photos AT the command holiday party (it was dark and we were talking to a lot of people), so I got a few when we got home. ^_^
November / December album
I didn't take many photos in November, so I tacked the handful I had into the start of the December album. There should be more photos this month, though, what with the holidays and all.
October 2010
Not many photos this month, if you don't count all the ones from our trip. Here are a few from the zoo and Halloween. ^_^
Big Island trip
We went to the Big Island this past weekend, and I pared my photos down to under 100 for you, so here they are. I'll add captions when I have time, but today's been kind of busier than I anticipated. Enjoy them! ^_^
Kaneohe Bay Air Show
There's a new album up from Saturday when we went to the air show. Most of the photos are of the Blue Angels, who are incredible, though I love watching the F22 Raptor demonstrations, too. Actually, I didn't get many photos because I was too interested in watching. ^_^
Fall Youth Retreat
This weekend I went on a youth retreat with a group of high school kids and wound up being the only female leader who could stay the whole weekend. Here are some photos from the camp, which is also the location of "Otherton" from the TV show "Lost" and some photos of the ladies in the youth group when we had some free time on the beach.
Photos
start here.
September
I've added a handful of pictures in a new album. There wasn't much in August, and these are all from today at the zoo and then at home (I was watering the front garden).
Be sure to look at the San Diego photos if you haven't seen them already.
J in San Diego
J got to see parts of San Diego in the past week, and here are some of the photos he sent me. He toured the San Diego Zoo and some of the historic sites downtown, but I don't have labels for them yet, so bear with me. Hope you enjoy them!
More of J's photos
There are a few new photos from the sailor in the album "J's Adventures." I'm also working on getting some up for the month of August, but I haven't really photographed much.
J's Great Northwest Adventure
Photos uploaded are from J's camera on his trip to Seattle. I'll do captions when I have time. Hope you enjoy them! ^_^
[update]
J added captions so now you'll know what you're seeing.
Still beach waters and orchid show
I've added new photos to the July album from a couple of beach trips (to a new place we've discovered) and from the orchid show I attended this weekend. If you want to start with the new photos,
click here.
I don't know the orchid varieties, so they are mostly labeled by color or shape.
Kauai Trip
I've uploaded photos from the trip to Kauai last week. I took more when we got back, but will add them in a couple of days so that these can be on top for a while. We did a lot of sight-seeing and I've tried to label what I can, but some of it I either don't remember or never knew what I was seeing (like the orange wildflowers).
Early Anniversary Weekend
This weekend we had our anniversary dinner a little early since it looks like J will be working on our real anniversary. We stayed down in Waikiki for the weekend and had dinner at Duke's and just had a good time relaxing and getting away from the housework for a while. Not many photos because they're all places we've been, but
here are a few new ones.
Manoa Falls
This weekend J and I hiked to Manoa Falls. It was a beautiful hike along a muddy trail through rainforest and even though we got dirty, it was completely worth it.
If you want to start with the new photos,
click here to start with a few new ones of the tigers at the zoo. ^_^
Lanikai Pillbox Hike
Today I did the Lanikai pillbox hike. It goes to two old WW2 bunkers. There are a lot of them around the island that were manned for years to prevent surprise attacks after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The day was clear and bright so the view was fantastic.
You can start with the
photo here if you've already seen the lantern floating pictures. ^_^ It's of one of my cousin's daughters at the beach last week. I went on the hike with them today, too. Enjoy!
PS: I did not get any photos at the frocking ceremony because it was on the ship, but someone did take photos. If I get copies, I'll share them. ^_^
Memorial Day and June 1
I put the Lantern Floating in the June album even though I took them May 31 because I edited and uploaded them today, June 1. ^_^ I also added some fun photos of the tigers that I took today when we gave them a bubble bath. Hope you like them!
May Company
There are a lot of new photos (maybe 70?) in the May album, most of which are from my sister's visit over the last two weeks. We went to the zoo, to Waikiki, to Waimea Valley, horseback riding at Kualoa Ranch, and to a lot of other places that I didn't take photos. Anyway, they all have captions, so should be pretty easy to follow.
You'll also see photos from J's birthday dinner, which we had last Friday night.
To start at the new photos,
click here. You'll be at a photo of the cats. Enjoy! ^_^
Honolulu Zoo Walk-through
I've added an album that's basically a walk-through of the Zoo. It's long because I included the paths you take from place to place, wide shots of exhibits (which my zoo friends will be interested in seeing), some night houses (i.e. behind the scenes stuff) and then close-ups of some of the animals. It's got a lot of exhibits in a fairly small space, so this is by no means everything there, but it's everything I photographed in the last week or so, just walking around the zoo.
I'm trying to get captions up, but I seem to be having trouble with my internet connection so may or may not have the patience to deal with it tonight.... but most of the photos are self-explanatory. I'll add the captions as I can. ^_^
Also, I work with the small primates and the tigers when I volunteer, so if there are a lot of those particular animals, that's why. ~_^
[UPDATE]
Captions are finally done and the photos are all in order as if you're walking through with me. Hope you like it!
May-- the end of rainy season!
I uploaded just a handful of photos from this weekend. The rain has (mostly) stopped so we can start hitting the beach again, which is nice. I love the bright blues and greens of the ocean when it's not overcast. Enjoy!
April guests
For the past week, we had company visiting us. They wanted to see and do as much as possible, so we've been active and busy, but here's an overview in photos. When are YOU coming to visit? ^_^
Battle Color Detachment
We got to see the US Marine Corps Battle Color Detachment on Thursday (3/11). It included the Drum and Bugle Corps, the Silent Drill Platoon and the Battle Color Guard. ^_^
I've also added photos of the new back garden. Enjoy!
Mighty Mo and Weird Waikiki
New photos from Monday, March 1. J had the day off after the non-scary tsunami (or, as the TV people are calling it, "the event"), so we took advantage of it by touring the USS Missouri and then having dinner in Waikiki and catching the Magic of Polynesia show. Photos are below! ^_^
Maui and Whale Watching
Hello! The new photos are up with pictures from whale watching and other parts of our trip to Maui this past weekend. We saw whales breach completely from the water, but I didn't get photos of them... but it was spectacular to see. The trip was very fun, but I think next time we go we'll have to stay longer and see the other side of the island, too. Hope you enjoy!
If you want to skip the Chinatown photos,
start here.
Chinese New Year
This weekend we went to Chinatown for the New Year celebration. We caught the parade, saw several Chinese cultural demonstrations and had a wide variety of food. Hope you enjoy the pictures!
Dole Plantation, Sea Turtle Encounter and Sunset Beach
Yesterday felt like an entire weekend, and I took plenty of photos... We started the day at the
Dole Plantation, doing their maze and garden tour, and then continued to
Haleiwa on the North Shore where we had shave ice and strolled through the old surfing village. Then we drove east and discovered a
sea turtle on the beach on the way to
Waimea Bay and
Sunset Beach. We also discovered a great seafood place in Haleiwa, but I didn't take any pictures of our food. I know you're disappointed. ~_^
Anyway, if you want to skip to the new photos,
you can start by clicking here; that's a photo of the cats, and the new ones start immediately after. Enjoy! ^_^
January sunset pictures
We went to the command "holiday party" today, but didn't take many photos there because we didn't know many people... but we did catch a beautiful sunset on the way home that I thought you'd enjoy. ^_^ They're in the January album. ^_^
I also added two videos to the section at the bottom. ^_^
January pictures!
There are new photos in the January album, including new years photos. ^_^
Christmas morning and the end of December
Hello hello! ^_^
I added photos to the "Christmas Lights" album (mostly at the front) if you want to see more of the Hale, and there are two new albums: December part 2 and Christmas morning. December part 2 actually has photos from this past Sunday, but I put the Christmas photos on the top. I will add captions soon, but most of them are self explanatory. ^_^
And yes, I know that half of the photos are of the cats... But they had fun on Christmas, too! ~_^
[UPDATE]
Now with captions!
Christmas lights!
More photos from this weekend have been added to the December 2009 album, so click on that to see some winter "rainy season" weather. ^_^
The new album is from Sunday night's trip to the Honolulu Hale Christmas lights downtown. I haven't had time to label them all, but I think they're mostly self-explanatory. ^_^
Morning sun
I added a handful of pictures today from the harbor by Aina Moana (Magic Island) park; it's the harbor that was the starting point for the infamous Three Hour Tour (no, really!), and looks across to the hotel featured in the opening sequence of Hawaii Five-Oh. ^_^
Decorated for Christmas
The new photos show our Christmas decorations, a few of the cats, and photos of Iolani Palace, which we didn't have time to tour, but we did a quick walk of the grounds and it looks beautiful. The captions are up now, so if you saw them yesterday and didn't know what things were, you can look again. ^_^
House is done!
The house is finally DONE! Not only unpacked, but all put together and clean and I like it. ^_^ Of course, next weekend it'll get its Christmas trimmings, so you'll get more photos, but this is how it looks for the time being. I didn't do as much autumn decor as usual because it hasn't seemed right with the warm weather, but I think I'll break out all the Christmas stuff for the fun of it. Anyway, here's the house! Tell me what you think. ^_^
Updates for November
I've added a handful of new photos, but should have plenty more after this weekend. ^_^ Also, I've (finally) taken the time to go back and label (with captions for many) the older photos in here so now you'll actually know what you're seeing. Sorry about that.... I was bad about remembering that part. Anyway, enjoy the latest. More are forthcoming!
[update]
New photos from this weekend are currently uploading... Will label them asap! ^_^
Windward Side and the Pali Highway
I've added photos to the October 2009 album, so you'll have to go through the older pictures first to see the new. This is driving down the Pali Highway, Bellows Air Force Base beach, and then an overlook near Rabbit Island. ^_^
Birthday and other early autumn stuff
I've added some photos from the coast where the lava rocks are exposed, as well as some photos from my birthday. I went snorkeling at Hanauma Bay nature preserve and saw a lot of beautiful fish in the reef. The last picture is of one of the green sea turtles seen near the Blowhole, a natural formation on the east coast of Oahu.
New photos of the house
Hello! I've added new photos to the "Windward side and the North Shore" album from this weekend, and am about to upload some pictures of the new house (interior). There's a new blog entry, too, with a "walk-through" of the place so you can get an idea what you're seeing. I've also added a video section and am going to put up a quick video of waves at the North Shore so you can see what I was trying to photograph. I'm thinking about a video walk-through of the house, too... ^_^
Arrived in HI
We're safe and sound in Honolulu, but haven't had much time to explore because of the Navy's paperwork and getting our car and signing up for housing... but I took a handful of pictures during our trip and over the past couple of days that I'll share. Check the blog for more details!
Family Photos!
I've uploaded some family photos to get started on here. They are by no means exhaustive, and the album is not complete. I'll try and get other albums loaded as I can, but it's time consuming with my PC in transit to Hawai'i... ~_^
Meeting Sina the baby otter at Seaworld, April 2013

Adult otters on exhibit
These girls were all rescues from Monterey Bay Aquarium that couldn't go back into the wild, so they live at Seaworld instead!

Snack time
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Watching the otters.
We watched a keeper talk with the sea otters.

This is Sina
She's off-exhibit while they're doing introductions. Eventually she'll be with the other three.

Sina gets a snack.
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Sina in her playpen
This little room is Sina's nursery. She goes into it when it's time to sleep, so she feels safe.

Sucking on her paw
She's also rubbing her eyes with her other paw.

Cuteness up-close
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Sina's stats
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The shark tank tunnel
We also enjoyed the shark exhibit

Sea turtles
And the turtle tank.

Just the glass
This girl was sitting right up beside the glass.

Touching a bat ray
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Surprised by a bat ray!
J wasn't expecting it to be RIGHT THERE so quickly when he offered a piece of squid!

Playful beluga
It was spitting water into the air and catching the water in its mouth.

Beluga trio
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Blue beluga
Under the water, everything looks blue.

Watching us
This beluga kept turning to watch all of the people.

Beluga profile
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Monterey and San Francisco, April 2013

Driving north and west
We left in the early afternoon, but traffic around LA snagged us so that the sun set long before we arrived in Monterey on Friday night.

Central California
The landscape is very different in central California; lots of rolling hills and green grass.

Monterey Bay Aquarium: the Open Sea exhibit
On Saturday, we arrived at the aquarium just in time for them to feed their Open Seas exhibit. The swarm of fish are sardines, and they move together through the exhibit like a silver cloud.

Hammerhead
The exhibit also houses sharks, other large fish (including tuna) and sea turtles.

The Kelp Beds exhibit
This exhibit is designed to look like the native California kept beds, minus the mammals.

Shark silhouette.
I really liked all of the little leopard sharks.

Eye to eye...
This was a little eerie-- the fish was just hanging in the water, along with several others, and didn't seem to move.

Kelp exhibit, wide
This is a really beautiful exhibit, like looking through a window.

More sharks
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Shark face
See? I really liked them.

Wolf eel investigates
We watched a diver feeding some of the fish in the kelp exhibit, and to his (and our) surprise, one of their wolf eels decided to venture out into the water. Usually these guys just hanging out in crevices.

Checking out the diver
It's like the eel is trying to figure out the best way to get the food...

Jackpot!
It didn't take long for the eel to zero in on the food bin.

Wolf eel, profile
I've never seen an eel just swimming around in open water, and it was really cool to see how its body moved.

California octopus
It's red!

Looking up, looking down
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Crabby
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Tubes
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Eel skeleton
This is what the wolf eel looks like inside. ^_^

More tubes
There are lots of these invertebrates, and they're very colorful.

Purple sand dollars
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Tidepool, magnified
I really liked how they did this exhibit, with floating magnifying lenses.

Shorebirds exhibit
These birds are all rescues, either chicks that will be released when they're old enough, or injured birds that will live their whole lives at the aquarium.

In the sand
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Nestled
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On one leg
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So fluffy
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Bird profile
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Cormorants on a rock
Behind the aquarium, Monterey Bay has a ton of wildlife.

What's in the water?
These kayakers are looking at something... (hint: it's a sea otter!)

By the bay
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Seals and rocks
There were a bunch of harbor seals out there, too.

Sea otter!
We saw so many wild otters! They were eating crabs and swimming and hanging out together.

Wide view of the aquarium.
The aquarium was originally a cannery.

Sea otter snacking
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Pigeon Guillemot
Yelling very loudly for a mate.

Behind the scenes
We took a tour behind the scenes, which was good because the aquarium was fairly crowded.

Looking into the Open Sea
We got to stand on the walkway above the Open Sea exhibit, and watched the huge sharks glide beneath us.

Hey, it's J!
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Top of the kelp beds
This is above the Kelp exhibit, and they simulate the native tides by running water over it periodically.

Otter training
We got to watch some sea otter training in the afternoon.

Tides exhibit
Those are more sardines

Jellyfish!
There were a lot of really cool jellyfish exhibits... which means there are a lot of jellyfish in the waters here.

Red and white
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Wide view of jellies
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Standing "inside" a jellyfish
One of the exhibits was an interactive jellyfish world.

Another otter snacking
Another wild otter viewed behind the aquarium.

Munching on a crab
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Hanging out on the rocks
There are six adult otters at the aquarium and we saw three: the other three were off exhibit being surrogate moms for orphaned pups that the aquarium will place back in the wild.

Walking to the Wharf
After the aquarium closed, we walked down to the old Fisherman's Wharf, past all the canneries.

The front Monterey Bay Aquarium
You can really see the old cannery building from the front.

Cannery Row
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Sea otter signs
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Mom and pup
At one point we saw a mom otter with a pup she'd anchored on some seaweed so she could hunt and feed them both.

Watching otters
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Floating around
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Down the beach
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The marina
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Rescued otter
This otter has colorful tags on its back feet, which shows it was rescued by the aquarium as a pup and then released.

Clear water
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Ties to kelp
Otters tie themselves (and their pups) to the kelp to keep from drifting off while they nap in the water.

Customs house
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Fisherman's Wharf
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Walking down the pier
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Sea lions in a pile
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Fisherman tribute
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Sea lion yelling
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Nose to nose
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Surprise forest on the way to San Francisco
We drove to San Francisco on Sunday morning in a light rain. As we were driving, we went over a hill and suddenly found ourselves in a proper forest.

More wide hills
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Driving into San Fran
The townhomes in San Francisco are colorful and everywhere. This is just a random neighborhood street.

Crossing the bridge.
Our destination lay on the other side of the Golden Gate Bridge.

Right in the middle
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Wide cables
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On a lake
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Sea plane
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Redwoods!
We visited the Muir Woods national park and got to walk between some ridiculously tall redwoods...

Tree ring
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A height comparison
That's J down at the bottom.

Into the canopy
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Sunlight
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Red trunks
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The UN's tribute to FDR
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Trying to illustrate the size
The thing is, these aren't even the really wide ones they have up north...

Stepping through
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Banana slug
The only wildlife I saw in the park.

Between two trunks
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Tiny flowers
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Inside a trunk
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Closer, inside the trunk
(I uploaded two so I can pick one for scrapbooking later...)

Into the sunlight
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Straight up
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More redwoods
Okay, so I know a lot of these are repetitive, but they are so pretty and I wanted to try and share the scale of them.

Back across the bridge
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As we're driving..
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At the Golden Gate Parks
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Gardens and Gates
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Looking toward Fort Point
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Thanks, nice guy on a bike!
It's always nice when people offer to take photos for us. ^_^

Touching the bridge
We didn't have time to walk across it, but we walked onto the very first bit of the bridge.

Fort Point, beneath the bridge
This is a Civil War era fort.

So many doors
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Lighthouse
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Directly beneath the bridge
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Toward the mainland
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Looking out
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Alcatraz
We got a better view later, but I like that you can see Alcatraz from the fort walls.

Inside the fort
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The view from dinner
We stopped at a restaurant that serves sustainable seafood and got a table with a great view.

More piles of sea lions
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Looking back toward town
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Alcatraz again
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Pier 39
This is a developed shopping and restaurant area that's very well done.

Silver sunset
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Driving up the hill
With a cablecar ahead of us.

Lombard Street
When we saw this sign, we had to stop and take the drive.

From the top of Lombard
Turns out it's just this one long winding block, and the rest is straight.

The bottom of Lombard
The road is hidden by rosebeds.

Winding Cars
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This just made me laugh
So, "Green" street has another name...

Driving toward downtown
We had to drive through downtown to get back to the interstate. San Francisco is SO much bigger than I realized.

Green corner building
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Skyscrapers
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In the rearview...
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April in San Diego: aquarium, picnic, zoo day

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Sunset Cliffs, April 2013

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Blue Sky Nature Reserve and Lake Ramona, April 2013

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Easter in Balboa Park, March 2013

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March 2013, Hicksville and Joshua Tree NP

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March 2013, Mission de San Juan Capistrano

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March 2013, whale watching

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March 2013, San Diego

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Los Angeles and La Bea, March 2013

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Arizona Roadtrip, March 1-3, 2013

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February 2013 in San Diego

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Hawk
I know this isn't terribly in focus, but the sunlight on the hawk was just too cool to not try and capture. I didn't do well, but I still wanted to share it.

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Visiting Baby Panda, January 2013

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Elise's Visit to CA, Jan 2013

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Joshua Tree National Park

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Hatteras and Outer Banks, January 2013

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Williamsburg, January 2013

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Charleston, December 2012

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Red Dress 2012

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North Carolina Outer Banks, wild horses

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Hello, San Diego!

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Aloha, Hawaii. Until we meet again!

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J and E's Epic Florida roadtrip

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Mexico Mission Trip, 2012

At the entrance to the orphanage.
We spent the week mostly working on the grounds of Miracle Ranch Orphanage, or MRO.

Huge hummingbird
This was just cool-- the largest hummingbird I've ever seen in the wild (taken in California before we got to MX).

Breakfast!
For breakfast every morning we had a combination of American and Mexican food-- here we have pancakes paired with fried-tortillas-and-eggs with Mexican Frosted Flakes.

Small groups in the mornings
Every morning we started with quiet times and small groups with the kids in our group.

Workbook
They had questions to answer that were the basis for our discussion questions for the day.

Scooby sleeping
This is Scooby, one of the many dogs that live on the property. He always likes to be in the middle of whatever we're doing.

Countryside
We drove into Ensenada for church on Sunday, the first full day we were there.

Dry, summer hills
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Valley
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Valley with homes
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Into Ensenada
As we got closer to town, some of the houses looked nicer, but there is a definite divide between wealthy and not.

Fish packing plant
This place was surrounded by seagulls and pelicans.

Alto
All of the street signs are hand-painted.

A protestant church in Ensenada
Our kids called their music "party" music.

Getting introduced.
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La Tortuga!
A restaurant called "The Turtle" had a cute sign.

Huge Mexican flag
This flag can be seen all over the city.

Trying to get perspective
It's hard to explain just how big this thing is.

Seal
Wildlife in the harbor

Mission trip shirts
The theme of this trip was "Rock the Hope" and we all got shirts with the logo.

Brown gull
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Harbor boats
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Seagull
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Trying for a self-portrait
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Below the flag
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The whole group
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Real perspective
Okay, the blob of red at the bottom is our group beneath this flag. See how huge it is?

Campfire
We had campfire time every night, with singing and sharing about the day and then usually hanging out until bedtime.

Getting jobs for the week
The group was split into crews to work on specific jobs needed at MRO.

Roofing crew
They replaced that red roof with a new one.

Stucco crew
Putting stucco on the outside of the new computer room.

Painting crew
Painting the girls' dorm.

Mural crew
Working on a mural in the girls' dorm.

Goats
The ranch had goats that wandered the property.

Up the hill
Three crosses mark the top (and edge) of the property.

Trail to the top
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Red flowers
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Hammering a base
To apply stucco, first you have to put up a base of chicken wire.

Measuring desks
These guys built the desks for the new computer room.

More flowers
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Working on walls
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Framing
We did a little art project where we photographed things through picture frames.

Wooden sign
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Red flowers
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Looking back from the playground
The pink building is the girls' dorm. The boys' dorm is behind the school supply building.

Playground
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Aged wood
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First coat of stucco
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Working on desks
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Sleepy puppy
This dog was only 6 or 7 months old and already huge.

Plumbing crew
This group was working on fixing the bathroom in the boys' dorm.

Patching walls
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Sack lunches
We had sack lunches every day, but breakfast and dinner were provided by an excellent team of cooks.

Puppy
There were five little puppies.

Midway through the mural
You can see what they were drawing now. This was the crew I wound up with for the week.

Looking down at MRO
This is from part way up the hill, looking back down.

Sunset
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Waiting for chapel
We had chapel time every evening with the kids from MRO.

MRO Chapel
You can see the Bible verses painted all over the building.

Moonrise and crosses
The crosses on the hill line up with the moonrise during certain times of the year.

Through the trees
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In the center
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Bright clouds and full moon
The moon was full when we were there, and the cross was almost exactly in the center one night.

Campfire burning low
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Midway through roofing project
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Midway through painting girls' dorm
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Working on the mural
I painted Flounder and the treasure chest, plus drew and painted the waves/splashes.

Proud of my swirls
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Shopping and shower day
This little stand had amazing fish tacos. On Wednesday (mid-week) we got to go into town and shower, plus do a little shopping. It was the only time we were clean while in Mexico.

Waving across the street
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Tourist district
We stayed in the tourist area (which is where the cruise ships pull in as well) for our shopping and dinner.

Trying on hats
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Row of shops
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Down on the corner
That flag is the giant one from earlier. I wasn't kidding about being able to see it from everywhere.

Sun is starting to set
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Walking down the sidewalk in the afternoon
Checking out different stalls and shops.

Afternoon light
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Crowded streets
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Churro!
We stopped at a churro stand-- mine was cream filled.

Churro cheers
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Happy with our desserts
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Sunset in Ensenada
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Pink light
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Daylight fading
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Shadows
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Mexican architecture
Some of the details on the buildings were really pretty.

Back to the flag
We met back up at the flag before dark.

Pelicans
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Evening light
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Still smiling
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Trying on a hat
It covered both of us!

Sunset behind the ridge
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Moonrise
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Back at camp
We slept in tents all week.

Early morning visitor
This guy came and sat over our small group Thursday morning.

Surveying things
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Wingspan
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Making lunches
Thursday morning we prepped 60 sack lunches to take out for street ministry that afternoon.

Food packets
We also made 80 food packets for families that included rice, beans, oil and salt.

New roofing
The roof getting tarred.

Adding the sun
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Sebastian getting some color
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Water tower
Heading into a barrio. Weirdly, there were satellite dishes on almost every house, even though the houses were cinder-block and some didn't have roofs.

Little garden
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Dry garden in the dust
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Working as community
The man in red lives in the barrio with his family, and they provide food and support for the impoverished families there. We were there that day to help.

Boat with no water
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Futbal
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The view
The houses are all cinder-block.

Sunflowers
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Heading to the futbal field
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At the school
This is where the kids play, at their school.

High altitude
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Playing soccer
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Running
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At the school
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A neighborhood street
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Looking down the hill
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Yellow flowers
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Empty building
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Playing with kids
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Everyone loves bubbles
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Dancing with bubbles
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Another garden
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Laughing is universal
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Playing with paper streamers
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Happy
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Mule
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Sack lunches
We gave all the kids there sack lunches

Twice as many came
Twice the number of kids came as expected and we ran out quickly...

But they kept coming
So we started digging through our vans..

And found enough.
We found enough food to give everyone there some, even though we'd only brought 60 lunches and over 100 kids showed up that day. Miracle? You tell me.

Dinner at a taqueria.
Dinner at a taqueria that night.

Choose your fillings
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Grilled veggies
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The grill
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Leg of something
I think it might have been pork?

Enjoying Mexican soda
Made with real sugar. ^_^

Mouth full.
I got cheese quesadillas.

And they were yummy.
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Sitting by the wall.
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Eating supper on the curb.
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Dessert shop
This was beside the taqueria.

Chocolate cookie bar.
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Accidentally bought two
I gave one away, but we had a good laugh about the fact I got two.

Glass bottles
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Heading back to MRO
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Caravan with our vans
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Country roads
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Between hills
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Cloud bank
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Rising from the hills
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Last day of work motivation
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Mural is almost done
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Painting steps
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Last roofing supplies
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Hoist
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Painting the boys' dorm
We had time to do other projects as our main jobs were finished.

Stucco complete
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Fixing drain pipes
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Finishing touches
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Second coat of paint
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Toilet is fixed
This toilet was a problem all week and they finally got it working.

Nail polish
We took time every day with the kids for craft projects, and on Friday we did nail polish with some of them.

Sharing photos
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Mexican soda
Tamarindo was my favorite. ^_^

Letting my camera get borrowed.
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Last campfire
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Finished mural
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Mini mural
This spot had a drywall patch and we covered up the white spot with some pretty flowers.

Finished roofing project
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Wide angle
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Finished computer room
(Just adding light switches)

Computer desks
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Our sign on their signpost
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Leaving MRO
Heading north to the border

Green valley
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Lots of traffic
This was a toll stop on the way to the border.

Blue skies
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Scenery
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Highway
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Lake
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Another valley
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Giant Jesus statue
It was bigger than the buildings around it, and one of the last landmarks before we got into the crossing-the-border traffic, which took a couple of hours and I didn't photograph.

With a building
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Almost to the border
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North Woods Road Trip

Minneapolis skyline
We headed north around the Cities.

Farmland
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Barns and silos
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Feet on the dash
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North woods roads
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Train!
Tower, MN, has a restored train. Some cars are from the 19th century, and the engine is from the 1920s.

Coal bin
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Brass bell
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Dining car
Can be rented for parties. :)

Passenger car
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Holding on
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Caboose!
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Sitting up high
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Potbelly stove
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Red squirrel
This is the start of the North American Bear Center photos.

Ground squirrel
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Ted, the black bear
Ted is a HUGE black bear!

Splashing in the pool
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Little Lucky
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Ted lumbers out
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Bear paws
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Bear exhibit
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Honey has brown fur
...but is still a black bear. They can even be blonde!

Dorothy Molter Museum
Dorothy Molter lived in the Bowundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness between the U.S. and Canada. She maintained the area and made rootbeer and was locally famous. When she died in 1986, the locals dismantled her cabin to save it from being destroyed and reassembled it in Ely to make a museum t her memory. They still make her rootbeer there.

Dorothy's cooler
All of her belongings were moved to the museum as well.

Snowmobile
The only way to get around (besides dogsled) in the snow!

Dorothy's cabin
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Rootbeer!
One of J's childhood memories. :)

International Wolf Center
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Luna, wolf pup
I didn't get many photos of the pups, but they only have pups at the center every four years and we were lucky enough to see the new pair, Luna and Bolt.

Educational program with pups
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Adult on exhibit
There are currently two adult males on exhibit; the pups will be introduced to the pack this summer.

Sniffing.
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In the sunshine
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Handsome profile
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Reddish ears
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Napping on the cool rock
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Taking turns on the rock
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Through the glass
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Brothers
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Socialized so they're comfortable near people
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Wolf statue
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Rainy Friday
We headed out to some lakes on Friday morning.

Misty lake
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Still water
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Lilies
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Birch bark
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Bark sleeve
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Beaver dam
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Loon
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Loon in the lake
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Tall trees
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Wildflowers
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Keeping warm
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It was only 60F in Ely.
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Mukluk store!
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Ice cream shop
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Farmland on the way home.
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Guess who was waiting in the yard?
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National Eagle Center and Laura Ingalls Wilder waystop, July 3, 2012

The bridge into Wabasha.
Can you see the eagle over the bridge?

National Eagle Center
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Golden eagle
Inside the Center, the eagles stay in a large room where people can visit them, and where they have a huge window to watch what's happening outside on the river, too.

Golden profile
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Photo time!
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Group photo
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Tuesday is beach day!
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Eagles in the river
Two eagles got to play in the river.

Splish splash!
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Streeeeetch
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Hopping onto the perch
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Leaping into the water
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Judging the water
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Dive!
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Damp eagle
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Enjoying the breeze
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Sunning herself
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More splashing
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The eagles.
The one in the foreground is Columbia, the one in the back is Angel.

Angel wings.
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Wingtips in the water
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Washing eyes
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Profile
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Bathtime is done
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Peeking around the volunteer's legs
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Fluffy!
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With the eagle perch
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Drying off in the sun
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It's hot out here!
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Eagle portrait
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Noticing the camera
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Sunshine and green grass
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Preening
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Wabasha, MN
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They love their eagles :)
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Historic buildings
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Looking down the street
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Collapsed barn
We headed out are lunch and toward home, but took a detour.

Look what we found!
On the site of the Little House in the Big Woods.

The Ingalls' house
This is a reconstruction on land owned by Laura Ingalls Wilder's parents.

In the cabin
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Log corners
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The front door
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Minneapolis walking tour, June 29, 2012

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Elise's visit 2012

Heading to Diamond Head to hike to the top.
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Steep rocks
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Into the crater
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Not afraid of heights
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Very afraid of heights
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Coral reefs from above
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Diamond Head Lighthouse
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Waikiki from above
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We made it!
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Observation deck
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The tunnel down
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Blue and white sailboat
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Sitting in the sand
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Banyan tree
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Red sunset
This sunset was strange: wildfires on that side of the island made a thick smoke and the whole sky was strangely red, including the sun, for about an hour.

Wedding photos, interrupted
We had fun guessing when the waves were going to come up and soak this couple getting their photos taken.

Red sky
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Pink water
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Strange sunset
It was dark and beautiful.

Sun trail
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Behind the clouds
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Hiking Akaka Falls
We flew to the Big Island on Tuesday for the day.

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Leaning trees
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Looking up into the canopy
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Ginger-like
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Akaka Falls
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Top of the cascade
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Waterfalls in the rain, but still smiling
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At Volcanoes National Park
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Heading in to see lava
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Giant fern
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Giant fiddlehead
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Venus transit telescope
They had special telescopes with projections pointed at the sun because the transit of Venus between us and the sun was that day. The bright white circle near the bottom is actually a projected image of the sun, safe for viewing.

At the crater
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Volcano!
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"Quick! Act like you're related!"
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Solar glasses
We got special solar-safe glasses that allowed us to look at the sun in brief intervals and actually see the little dot that was Venus.

Wide view of the crater
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Satellite imagery of Venus transit
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Another angle of the crater
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Another solar projection
This projection was larger and on the ground where a lot of people could see it. The little black dot is Venus. ^_^

The inactive caldera
J and I hiked this last time, but we didn't have enough time during our day trip.

Entrance to the lava tube
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Giant fern hair
The hair protects the developing fiddleheads.

Winding paths
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Orange blooms
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Walking on lava
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Red flowers and black ground
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Rough edges
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Living and dead
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On the lava flow
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Two edges meet
This is two separate lava flows, one covering the other.

Lava field
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Down the mountain
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Fruit tree
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Warning sign
Though levels were perfectly safe that day-- not even the slightest smell of sulfur.

Hiking to the petroglyphs
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Twisted tree
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Heading out into the lava field
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On the hill
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Petroglyphs
This is an ancient Hawaiian sacred site, and they marked it with many carvings. To see them, you walk along a raised, wooden path so as not to damage them.

Carvings in the lava
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Old markings
See the turtle on the far left?

Pukas
Little holes where they put umbilical cords to connect their children to the land.

Circles within circles
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Another man
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Looking out
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Ripples in lava
This is from slow, smooth lava.

Heading back to the car
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Another red flower
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Barren trees
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Tree shadow
Lava flowed around a tree slowly, burning the wood but leaving the impression of the trunk.

Welcome photo at the luau
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At the luau
We went to a luau on Wednesday night.

Sunset at Ko'Olina
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Kukui but lei
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Cheese!
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Sunset at the luau
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Fiery sunset
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Pink and blue coast
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Palm silhouette
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The end of the sunset
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Walking on the beach
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This year's calendar cover
Just in case you receive those sorts of things.

Looking out to sea
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Bellows beach
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Blue water, white sand
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Sisters
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Candid camera
I think we were discussing our teeth...

J's picture
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Photo bomb
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Aaand he noticed
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Leap!
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Landing
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She looks like she's about to get smashed...
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It's a bird! It's a plane! It's...!
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Portuguese man-of-war
And the reason we weren't swimming that day.

Bright green water
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Shadows on sand
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Tiny island
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Manoa Falls hike
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The before shot
That would be before we got covered in mud.

Bamboo forest
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Manoa Falls
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Hiking back down
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Bamboo segments
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Re-enlistment 2012

Waiting to start
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Lining up
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Under the guns
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Officers in white
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Holding the flag
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Sunlight and white
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Welcome aboard
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Mighty Mo
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Rainbow
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The Honorable Discharge
They have to be honorably discharged from the Navy in order to re-enlist.

Certificate of Discharge
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The Oath
Taking the oath again.

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...and this is when I thought, "What in the world have we gotten ourselves into?"

Handing over the flag
Not the best photo of me, but it's cute of J, so there it is.

Certificate of re-enlistment
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I get one, too
Spouses get a "certificate of appreciation" at these things. When he retires, I get to "retire," too.

Captain says a few words
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Gift-- liberty chits!
(That means some days off this summer. Too bad none are in the next two weeks...)

All done!
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Re-enlistment group shot, wide
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Re-enlistment group shot, close
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Congrats from friends
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At the seal
This is the seal marking the spot where WWII ended.

Closer view
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Cheesin'
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At the Treaty Seal
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Thanks for the photos!
My good friend and her daughter came, and she took all of these photos for us (except, of course, this one)!

Climbing higher
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In the gunner's chair
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Happy Sailor
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Popeye?
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Photo-bombed!
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On the Bridge
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Under the guns again
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Another photo-bomber
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Wet teak = cool reflections
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Low-lying rainbow
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At the canteen
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Finding our State Flags
And I failed. It was VERY bright out and I grabbed the one pointed out to me. It wasn't until I saw the photos later I realized... Oops.

There's the other
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All the flags
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Smaller guns...
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Gun show?
Yeah, we were just being silly by then.

In front of the Victory Store (aka Gift Shop)
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The required photo
We weren't going to, but apparently it's the "thing to do."

Time to go!
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At the USS Arizona Memorial
We took J's flag to the Memorial to have it flown there.

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Looking toward the USS Missouri
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Opening congrats gifts at dinner
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Re-enlistment photo, framed
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VBSS team photo
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Birthday bread pudding
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Our friends who came to celebrate :)
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Kaena Point hikes, Memorial Day weekend 2012

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Military Appreciation Day at the Zoo, May 2012

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Pirates ahoy

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Mad Hatter Tea

Easter kitties
This photo is from Easter but I didn't have any other Easter photos, so I tacked it onto the front of the tea party album.

Mad Hatter Tea
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Bright colors
I played with the colors a lot for these, but didn't use any real effects because I like the photos on their own.

The Tweedles
Hawaiian-style

Sisters laughing
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Pink butterfly
Formerly a caterpillar?

Thinking
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finally facing the camera
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tea party snacks
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Tea Table
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teapots and flowers
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watching bubbles
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dance moves
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more bubbles-- exciting!
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Mad Hatter Hat
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Photo bomb
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and now for some random
The girl in these photos wanted to take pictures, so I strapped my camera to her and she had me make all sorts of funny poses. Some of them turned out well, so here they are.

In a tree
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dark and lights
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the hand-out pose
She kept having me do this with my hand. Not sure why.

Tea party poses
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Queen of Hearts
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Leaping
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Or floating?
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Whee!
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Posing
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Ballet positions, sort of
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fluffy skirt
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party lights
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nighttime mums
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Tightrope walker
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Ta da!
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Easter Eggs, 2012

Boiling the "canvases"
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Ready to go!
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Sketching out the first one.
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First egg: complete!
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The "Mother Duck" egg
When I was a kid, I had an Easter book called "Happy Easter, Mother Duck" in which a duck's egg was taken and dyed with a sun and a moon for Easter, but she found it and sat on it and it hatched Easter morning.

The moon of the "Mother Duck" egg
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TARDIS egg
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R2 egg, front
R2 was the first I attempted that wasn't a "regular" egg.

R2 egg, side
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C3PO egg
Unfortunately, this one broke right after this, but at least I got the picture first!

Chewbacca egg
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DALEK egg
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Lord of the Rings egg
The thing at the top is the Tree of Gondor. The quotation is an abbreviation of the poem referring to the king: "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those who wander are lost."

Smaug on the LotR egg
I put Tolkien's drawing of Smaug the dragon on the bottom part of the egg.

LotR egg, side
Elvish leaves on the side

Tolkien symbol egg
Another Lord of the Rings egg, this time with JRR Tolkien's signature and the "One Ring to Rule them all" poem.

Two Tolkien eggs
The large Smaug is on the back of the other egg.

DFTBA egg
Reminding you: "Don't Forget to be Awesome."

Blue Celtic cross egg
This one also broke, but kept its shape enough to photograph. (This photo was taken before the break.)

Drawing Celtic knotwork on the egg
I took some photos of my drawing process..

Starting to color the egg
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Finished Celtic cross egg
I like this one better than the blue one that broke.

Starting a new Celtic egg
This one will have a triangular-base shape on each side.

Done with the outline
I freehand all of my designs.

Purple Celtic egg
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Coloring the back of the Celtic egg
This is the reverse side of the purple one, but I'm doing it in blue.

Blue Celtic egg
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Both sides of the egg
See? They are just opposite one another.

Manatee egg
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Faberge style egg #2
I only did two of these because I think they'd look better if I could dye them after decorating them, but I don't have any color with which to dye them presently.

Harry Potter Gryffindor egg, in process
This is as I'm starting to do the coloring.

Harry Potter Gryffindor egg
I'm pretty proud of this one.

Harry Potter Hogwarts crest egg
The Hogwarts crest is on the back of the Gryffindor egg

Both crests visible
See?

Caspian egg
When I got down to two eggs left, I decided to do kitty eggs. Here's Caspian!

Kitty paws
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Gray tail
The tail placement was hard to decide.

Top of kitty egg
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Leena egg
And here's Leena's!

More kitty paws
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Leena's tail
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Kitty eggs
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Caspian is curious about his.
He wanted to see what I was doing.

Leena is NOT impressed
Clearly the amount of work that went into these does not impress the Calico Princess.

Egg carton
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All the eggs in cartons
Some of them broke, and two of them were test eggs to make sure they'd cooked all the way, which is why there are only about 19 completed eggs.

Star Wars eggs!
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All the Celtic eggs
Here are all of the eggs with Celtic designs. I like them a lot.

Tolkien eggs
Both of the JRR Tolkien eggs.

Faberge-style eggs
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Easter basket
All of the eggs in one basket. ^_^

Happy Easter!
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Doctor Who eggs
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"Classic" eggs
Yes, that one is just covered in glitter. I had spray-glue and thought, "why not?"

Nature eggs
The one that has a flower and says "Happy Easter" was a test egg to see how the different colored markers would look, and I liked it. ^_^

Gryffindor, Harry Potter egg
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Hogwarts, Harry Potter egg
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Kitty eggs
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Celtic eggs
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Closeup of the Celtic eggs
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Other side of the blue/purple Celtic egg
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Star Wars eggs
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Maui, Feb 2012

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Whale Watching: Maui, Feb 2012

Half-breach
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leaning back..
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Splash!
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Laying on its side
This whale is slapping its pectoral fin (right) and letting its tail stick out of the water.

Pectoral fin slap
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Breathing between boats
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Two-tail dive
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Tails up!
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Two whales getting ready to dive
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Pair of tails
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Suddenly very close..
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Within twenty yards...
After cutting engines, a couple of whales came right up to the boat.

another dive
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Speckled flukes!
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Whale "nose"
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Huge breath
The spray can be 15 feet high!

Tail splashing
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One whale pushing another through the water

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Baby whale!
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Little breaches
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"Flying Pickle"
The guides on the boat called the whale calves breaching "flying pickles."

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Kauai, Feb 2012

Sugar cane
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in the coffee field
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coffee blossom
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finding coffee beans
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late-season bloomers
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Kauai Coffee
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the coffee field
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Tasting Porch
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coffee bags
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with a roaster
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coffee beans being roasted
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old fashioned coffee grinder
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water wheel
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in the coffee museum
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at Kauai Coffee visitor center
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driving to Waimea Canyon
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Waimea Canyon state part
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Looking into the canyon
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standing in front of the canyon
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taking photos
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looking down
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looking south
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the observation deck
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more layers
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green and red cliffs
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leaving the first overlook
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further up the canyon
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hiking trail
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silver lichen
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walking along the path
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Nene crossing
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hidden by clouds
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tiny waterfall
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fog is clearing
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heading down the trail
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canyon top trail
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at the edge
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limited visibility
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yellow and green
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old lava bubbles
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fiddlehead curl
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Na Pali coast in clouds
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green ferns
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trees in the fog
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red dirt trail
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looking through the greenery
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heading back up
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on the trail together
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purple flowers
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Kilauea Lighthouse
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Red-footed booby
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see the red feet?
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surfing the air current
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Laysan Albatross
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Albatross face
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nesting cliffs
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the lighthouse
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along the coast
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looking up at the old glass
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in front of the light house
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windswept palm
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north shore bridges
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lava tunnel
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looking inside the cave
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stroll along the north shore
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mountains and sand
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winter waves
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sandy reflection
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black rocks
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a wooden "spoon"
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banana trees
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Wai`oli Hui`ia Church in Hanalei
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taro fields
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in front of the taro
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Opaeka Falls
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river behind the falls
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Wailua Falls
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in front of Wailua falls
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south Kauai drive
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smaller than a canyon
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red valley
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Hanapepe Town
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walking behind Hanapepe into the red valley
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Spice Company
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Hanapepe swinging bridge
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Russian Fort Elizabeth
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old embankments
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ruined fort
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sort of surfing
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rocky point
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green mountains
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Kauai Plantation
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train station
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ginger
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sunset in Poipu
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reflecting tide pools
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feet in sunset
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waves and watchers
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The Green Flash
It's really there, look closely!

getting ready to leave Kauai
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Aloha Port Royal -- Homecoming Feb 13, 2012

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January 2012

Sunrise at the north shore, January 2012
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pink clouds, purple-blue water
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trees and waves
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pink skies
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yellow cabins
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green and white and blue
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driftwood
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high ropes
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natual bridge in miniature
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green mounds
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rainbow through the trees
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rainbow into the water
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rainbow over the ocean
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quiet sunset
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sunset over tide pools
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brighter oranges
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walking along the pools
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sweeping morning clouds
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whale pectoral fin
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dual pectoral slaps
This was a mother whale teacher her calf to do things-- it mimicked her behaviors.

dual splashes
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pink blossoms
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yellow hibiscus blooms
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elephant dust bath
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lion stalking
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almost pouncing
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lion running
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peacock display
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full train display
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December 2011

Christmas tree
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Tree, up closer
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...what lies beneath...
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recharging solar cells
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cookie?
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staircase
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nativity
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going up the stairs
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the front door
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living room
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new garland
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looking up
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centerpieces
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small nativity
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redecorated bathroom
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on the sink
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winter sunshine
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brown rocks
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Rabbit Island
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Makapu'u views
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November 2011 -- North Carolina, etc

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September/October 2011

Pineapple places
....

Turtle surfing
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Blues and flippers
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Bad self-portrait
This was the only photo I could find of myself from this two month period, so... Here it is.

Turtles in waves
They were bobbing up and down in the surf.

North shore at Erdman
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Afternoon light
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White sand
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Night lights
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Erdman sunrises
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Glowing
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Dark dunes
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Pink waves
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Orange skies
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Turtle Bay sunrise
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Ripples
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Pink clouds
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Sun glow
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Sunrise is finished
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Birds of paradise
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Palm storms
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Lagoon
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Surfer girls
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Walkway
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August 2011

Ko'Olau
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Hyena treats
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Puzzle solving
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Waikiki Aquarium
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Clown fish
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Yellow stripes
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Saltwater tank
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Giant clams
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Colorful coral
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Spotted jelly
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Moorish idol
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Monk seal yawn
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Sunshine
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Torch
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Dusky porch
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Mochi
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At the counter
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Old windows
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Choose your flavor
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Mint, strawberry and green tea
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Bathroom dragonflies
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Burnhardt
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Dragonflies up close
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Mirrors
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Orchid
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Caspian on his chair
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Judging kitty
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Sconces
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Photo frames
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Kitty decor
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July 2011

4th of July concert
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The crowded field
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July 4th 2011
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My patriotic self
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Navy at night
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Fireworks view
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Boom!
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Lots of colorful fireworks
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bright lights
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Green!
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Purple!
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Longer exposure
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Multiple fireworks
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Spelling "USA"
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These look like palm trees
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Huge firework
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Sparkles
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Finale
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Philippines Trip 2011

Waiting in the airport
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Waiting still..
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The view over the wing
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Arriving in Palawan
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Whisked off to LifeChurch
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Introductions
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Late night dinner at Shakey's Pizza
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First meal in the Philippines is pepperoni pizza?
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Breakfast on the first morning
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Pretty ceiling
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Eating on the top floor of the hotel
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The view from breakfast
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Our hallway at the hotel
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The Puerto Pension hotel
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Prayer before the first full day
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We lived in these vans (or felt like it)
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Typical street scene
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Welders!
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Arriving at LifeChurch in daylight!
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The school w/ Compassion kids for their Saturday program
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Making friends!
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Dancing along to the music
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The kids found us entertaining
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Very entertaining.
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Classroom visits at the school.
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Typical classroom
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Teaching them to play "Duck, Duck, Goose."
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Maybe we should've translated it..
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Waiting their turns
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Duck... duck...
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Lining up to say thank you!
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Serving snack to the kids-- "chocolate rice"
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Drinks, too!
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Snack time!
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The chocolate rice is almost pudding-like.
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The school at LifeChurch. Everything is painted bright colors.
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Cleaning up after snack.
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Climbing the stairs.
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Hanging out
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Playing a game of tag with the kids
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Wingspan
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Robotics demonstration
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These are called "trikes" because they've got 3 wheels.
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Visiting Compassion kids' homes
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Building materials-- bamboo and reeds.
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Waiting outside the house.
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The neighborhood was a "good" one.
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Cats and dogs were everywhere.
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One of the couples in our church sponsor this child.
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He was very excited to receive new clothes and coloring sheets
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First photo of me. I always forget about that.
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Mancala back at the hotel
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Breakfast view on the second morning
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Sunday, so off to church
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Look at their communion table-- love the candles and fresh produce
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All dressed up!
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Two pastors and the doctor
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Lunch was at this incredible place
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Lesson: Just because the boys eat it, doesn't make it not spicy.
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Lunch spread
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The view outside
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Lanterns
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Swings!
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Another one of me. I wish you could see all of the mountains.
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Roots hanging from a ceiling.
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The Aloha House...?
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I found a pony!
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Ziplining (I didn't go)
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All these people went, though.
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The view in the distance.
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Scared of the "tiger"
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Crocodile for dinner (not kidding!)
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At the big talent show LifeChurch hosts on Sunday nights
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Feeling like celebreties and getting mobbed.
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Monday (day 3) and "island hopping"
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Meeting his sponsor child
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Meeting her sponsor child.
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On a boat! Heading to Snake Island.
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Outrigger boats are fun!
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It's got two outrigs, unlike Hawaiian boats with just one.
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Low-lying clouds
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With her sponsor child and having fun!
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Salute!
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Flying over wakes
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Snake Island-- named for the shape and not actual snakes.
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Picnic lunch
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Chicken on a stick.
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Coconut piles
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The view from Snake Island
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Swimming!
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Playing in the sand.
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Catch!
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"There's a bear!" prank.
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Line them up like dominos..
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The push!
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Water buffalo!
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Another view-- Tuesday and "work day"
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Goats!
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I had to cuddle one.
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Visiting a preschool.
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Our security-- Philippines Marines! They were stationed there.
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Singing with the preschoolers
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Singing ABCs.
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Giving out school supplies.
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Group photo!
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Comparing what they got-- typical preschoolers.
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Our team
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Heading to the high school down the road w/ our hosts
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High school assembly
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Giving out basketballs and a demonstration
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Playground that we helped paint
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The "before" photo
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Creative paint jobs for the tire swings
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These are borders around the playground.
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The fully round ones surround fruit tree saplings.
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Almost finished with these
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More swings.
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Making some to run through, like athletes.
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Digging holes for saplings
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Painted!
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The after photos!
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Riding a water buffalo...
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Visiting another high school.
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Wednesday and visiting the underground river
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Posing
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We took more boats to the river entrance.
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Tall rocks along the coast.
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Arriving at the trail head
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Monkey! Long-tailed macaque, my first "wild" monkey sighting!
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Entrance to the underground river. My photos turned out dark.
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Exploring the trails a little.
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Monitor lizard!
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Group photo at the underground river.
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Awesome old tree on the beach.
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Heading back to the city.
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Last night in Puerto Princesa.
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The "responsible adults" of the group.
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The girls!
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Our hosts didn't want us to leave!
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A modified (and MUCH nicer than usual) Jeepney!
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They didn't really ride on top, this is just a photo op.
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In Manila, meeting more sponsor kids! (Friday)
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"Be" the hoop! This is what happens when you're tall.
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Who wants to ride bumper cars??
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Ready to roll.
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Having fun!
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Whee!
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Twins?
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Pedicures that were "half an hour" but lasted an hour and forty minutes.
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Stylin'!
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Saying goodbye is bittersweet.
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Hugs!
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Last photo.
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Saturday visit to "Project 214" where our youth group worked two years ago
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Moms and infants part of the "child survival program"
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Healthy kids
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Singing for the kids
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Group photo!
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Dad'n'daughter.
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I got mobbed this time.
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Hello!
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Their new playground.
This was build in a lot cleared by our youth group.

Their new kids' room-- the kids go in here during Sunday morning services.
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Singing!
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Happy kids
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Impromptu concert
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Music lessons!
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Fun with markers and stickers
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Everything's better with stickers
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Stickered.
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Kids are the same everywhere.
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Standing outside Project 214
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They wanted their photo taken about 20 times.
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The Project 214 group.
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Another set of friends that don't want us to leave.
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Last night in the hotel = pool time!
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Manila hotel
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June 2011

Japanese White eye
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Baby bird!
This is the little baby bird I saved

Climbing the tree
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Baby and parent
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Last day before deployment
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Atlantis submarine hatch
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Inside the sub
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Honu pair
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All blue
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Grilling out
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Haze Gray and Underway 2011
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Sunset
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Wispy cloud
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Turning pink...
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Darker colors
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Fading sunlight
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May 2011

Leena portrait
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Sittin' pretty
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New tiki torches
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One paw
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Roll!
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Field trip
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USS Bowfin
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On deck
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Arizona Memorial park
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Inside the USS Bowfin
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Supply Office
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Dive dive dive!
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Pipes
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Galley
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Audio tour
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And in the back
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Back on deck
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Looking toward Missouri and Arizona
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Through the "big eyes"
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Lookout
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With the submarine
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Plumeria
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Big guns
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USS Utah memorial
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USS Utah
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Academy of Art
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Courtyards
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Animal window
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Art in progress (local artist in residence is working on these)
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Lions
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Lilies
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Horseback riding
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Petting the horses
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Trip to the zoo
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Mr. and Ms. Z.
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Cheetah leans
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Cheetah lookout
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Window-licker
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Stalking
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Brother posing
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Feeding giraffes
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All four
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Night tour of Honolulu
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Iolani Palace
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Hawaiian language church
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State legislature building
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Leeward coast
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Blue water
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Layers of blue
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Footprints
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Feet!
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Sunny day
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Watching the water
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The view behind us
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Along the coast
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On the overlook
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Self-portraits
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Rocky coast
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Jump!
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Mountains
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Sunset at the luau
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Sunset at the luau 2
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Looking along the coast
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Paradise Cove Luau
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Self-portraits again
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Hula
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Hawaiian Wedding Song
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Fire dancing
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Tahitian dancers
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Sunrise on the windward coast
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Kokohead Crater
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Blowhole
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Cove
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Waves breaking
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Misty rainbow
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Palm shadows
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Blue and green
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Gecko
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April 2011

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March 2011

Caspian's portrait
This was from my first batch of photos with the new camera and I just like how much better quality the images are.

Pink flowers
From my backyard garden.

Bravely exploring!
Leena has always been the brave one, except when it comes to people.

High stepping
She's not sure how to walk through grass without picking her feet up VERY high.

More catnip faces
I posted some of these in my blog already, but here are some more silly catnip faces.

Scrunch
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Rolling in the sun
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Mugging, apparently
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Hallo closeup!
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Cloudy dog beach day
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Clouds
I took a lot of these as I was learning how to line up my horizons with the new camera (which you can see still needed work here).

driftwood
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Shallow tide
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Spreading trees
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purple coral
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Playtime NOW!
He sits and makes a weird chirping noise when he wants to play string.

Snail pair
They were snuggling and then woke up and crawled along together.

Anole shadow
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Peeking over shadow
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Green anole
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Purple spider lilies
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highlighted whiskers
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You gonna finish that?
I see this a lot when I'm sitting on the couch.

Ko'Olina
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leaning palms
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rocky tide pools
This is the view from the beach of the tide pool area I photograph later down the page.

Shades of green and blue
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Ko'Olina Coastline
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Wind-bent trees
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rocky beach
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Water and white foam
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embankment
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tide approaching
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Fish nursery
The tide was out when I started so I could see all the nooks and crannies where baby fish hide.

Tiny fish
These little fish were between a half inch and two inches long.

Sandy pool
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Stripes
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Rocks and water rushing
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Tide approaches
The tide is rising

old coral
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sand bath
These birds were taking dust baths in the sand

Flicking sand
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Becoming overcast
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Purple flowers
There's sort of periwinkle color... anyone know what they are?

Dragon dancers
At the Honolulu Festival parade.

Men dancing
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All-girls' marching band
from Japan

Sunset light in Waikiki
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Reed dancers
I want to find out what this is called.

Reed arch
See? They did all sorts of things with the reed mats.

Arch
And here I thought those were just placemats!

Alaska heritage
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Alaska drumming
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Alaska dancing
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Alaska singing
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Red hula
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Leis and smiles
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Looking left
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red and yellow
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Blue robe
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Girls in robes
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Torches are lit
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Orange hula
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Yellow hula
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Yellow and red hula
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Drumming
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Excicted to play
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Drumming and dancing
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Joyful
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Never too old
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Headpiece
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Dragon puppet
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Samurai costuming
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Young samurai
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Dancing group
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Look who's here!
I realized I haven't taken photos of either of us in a while, so here's J.

Fan dancing
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Moon!
I really like this telephoto lens. This is without a tripod, so a little out of focus, but you can see craters!

Brightly lit float
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Fire breathing dragon
This was the last float in the parade and featured a huge dragon covered in people with giant sparklers.

Dragon float
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Sparks
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Driftwood
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Low soaring
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Bird on a rock
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Crab shadow
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reflections
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tide's out
When the tide goes out at this particular beach it leaves all of these ripples in the sand.

sand ripples
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tiny crab
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hermit crabs
All of those little shells are hermit crabs!

Supermoon
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Purple and green
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Green eyes
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Praying mantis portrait
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Port Royal Change of Command March 17, 2011

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February 2011

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January 2011

The Interloper
He's gotten big!

Sitting together
This doesn't happen all that often.

Christmas aftermath
Fable III, an r/c Millenium Falcon, and chocolate.

UFO?
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Ko'olau
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Basking
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Camp Erdman
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High ropes
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Sunlight on the mountains
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Pine needles
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Sea mist
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Tide pools
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Splash zone
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Curving water
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Footprints into mist
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Driftwood
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Windswept
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Fading light
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Tree arch
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Looking through branches
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Sunrise
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Drooping branches
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Lost?
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Sprout
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Dewdrops on lizards
I rescued this guy from the tiger night house when I was cleaning yesterday.

Spotted back
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Moxie poses
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Where's Moxie?
Looking over the hill!

Here's Ekundu
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Ne'ne family
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Ne'ne parents
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Three Ne'nes
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Gosling pair
We have ne'ne goslings at the zoo!

Komodo dragon
This may be the only time I've seen the zoo's komodo dragon...

Moxie lounging
She likes the pool.

Puka's portrait
Puka was born in May of last year.

Meerkat Bucket
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Sophie's sun spot
She didn't want to move from that one sunny place.

Sunlit gibbon
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Spider lilies
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Blending
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Baby gold dust day gecko
They get to be about six inches long.

Morning light for whales
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Lanai Lookout
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Resistant life
This is a tree growing from a crack in the top of a building.

Here comes the dragon
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Pink dragon dance
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Navy honor guard
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Yellow lion looking
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Lanterns and banners
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Colorful costumes
This guy saw my camera...

Panda?
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Bright flags
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Young martial artists
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Red lion looking down
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Feeding the red lion
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Feeding the white lion
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White lion dancing
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Hanging lanterns
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Lucky red lanterns
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Colorful flags
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Banners and bright colors
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Green Lion
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Quick switch
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Feeding the lion
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Year of the Rabbit
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Dragon flips
The dancers move the dragon's body all over and weave it back and forth, even twisting it over and around itself so they have to jump over it to get it upright again.

Kid Dragon
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Dragon pair
The "adult" and "kid" dragons together.

Wall of lions
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Lots of Lion dancers
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Yellow Lion
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Leading the dragon
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Red for luck
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The final dragon
It didn't stop and perform in front of us, just rushed to the next block.

Glowing red lanterns
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Star lights
Glowing light covers

Decorative Doorway
This is the entrance to a little marketplace.
Family Visit (Christmas and New Years)

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November / December 2010

Keahi in the pool
Chillin' in the pool with the giant boomer ball.

Chrissie's bathtime
Getting herself very clean. ^_^

Aftermath
This used to be a pumpkin before the tiger boys got hold of it.

Smashed pumpkin
Here's another chunk of leftover pumpkin...

North shore afternoon
It's rainy season again ^_^

Curling waves
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Green and white
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Hiking to the pillboxes
In Lanikai

At the first ridge
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Almost at the top!
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Long trail left
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On top of the world
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Puka the fennec fox
Born May 2010

Face wash!
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Sleepy foxie
She fell asleep mid-wash...

Santa Leena!
We found a CAT SANTA HAT with a BEARD!

Posing, sort of
She was really done with this after about a minute, so no good photos.

ANGRY SANTA
I was getting some seriously dirty looks.

Not as angry
He was being nice in the hope we'd put him down.

Backing out of the hat
Once on the floor, he tried to back out of the hat, but it kept FOLLOWING him.

Still angry Santa
He tried holding VERY STILL for a while to see if that would make it stop.

Finally hat-free
He managed to shake the hat by rubbing on his crinkly toy bag.

Are we done now?
He does like the bag, though.

Tree Fort
He's got a little tunnel under the tree where he's been spending most of the day.

Christmas Tree 2010
This year's rendition of our Christmas tree. ^_^

Party dress
This is the dress I got for J's command holiday party.

Sleepy
He'd been awake for almost 24 hours by the time the party was over, thanks to watch that morning.

Mistletoe?
We forgot to get someone to take a photo for us at the party. Oops!
October 2010

The Zs

With Squirt

I'm short
I'm even on a fairly high hill.

Yummy leaves!
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Giraffe boys
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Silly faces
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Giraffe girls
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Yasmin giraffe
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Giraffe portrait
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Fairy costume
The wings are sparkly but hard to photograph.

Indy
Believe it or not, we didn't have to buy anything for his costume.

Costume party!
There's my whole outfit, and the wings. ^_^

Front window decor
This was how I had the window for trick-or-treaters.

Gargoyles
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Front garden decor
We decorated Sunday afternoon, about an hour before kids started coming to the door. This and some lights along the sidewalk (to encourage people to come to the door) were about it.

Kitty hugs
They don't much like being held at the same time.

"Mr. Bubbles Kitty" is not amused
I was scratching his head but it looks like I'm squishing him in the picture. Oops.

"We are not amused."
He's grumpy when I try to kiss him in front of other people.

Leena poses!
She doesn't mind cuddles or cameras the way Caspian does. ^_^
Big Island Oct 2010

Orchid
At the airport.

Downtown Hilo
I loved all the little shops and buildings.

Belltower
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Part of Hilo
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Kamehameha I
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Looking toward Volcano
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Rental car
We always take a photo with the car. ^_^

Driving to Volcano
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Tree ferns
They grow about a foot ever 7 to 10 years and they're HUGE.

Kilauea
Smoke rising from the vent in the huge caldera.

Hikers
On the floor of the caldera

Tree ferns, up close
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Tired but happy
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Hiking an old lava flow
Going toward Pu'u Huluhulu

New growth
This flow was from 1969 to 1974.

Pushed up
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Crater
Along Chain of Craters Road.

Pahoehoe
The lumpy, ropey parts of the lava are called pahoehoe in Hawaiian.

Red frond
There's a Hawaiian story tied to this, but I can't recall it.

Tree mold
When the lava flows slowly, it's relatively cool and curls around trees, leaving impressions of the trunks.

Exploring
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Flowers in lava
Lots of flowers sprouted in the old lava flows.

Pink flowers
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Wide open space
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Cracks
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Pu'u Huluhulu
At the top of the old cinder cone.

Wide view
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On the lava
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Lava Volavka!
Hehehe...

Steam vents
Rainwater gets trapped below ground and it's so hot that it comes up through the ground as steam.

Steam over grass
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Billows
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Black sand
From the lava hyper-cooling as it drops into the ocean: it shatters and turns into "sand."

Black sand, white water
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Rock pools
There were tiny crabs inside these.

Rocky beach
See how white the water looks on the black sand?

Wading
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Llama farm!
We also saw a turkey farm.

Southernmost point
This is the southernmost point in the US.

Mauna Ulu
In the distance.

Kilauea up close
Well, a little bit.

Photo with the smoke
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It was really bright out.
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Petroglyph trail
These flows are hundreds of years old.

Petroglyphs
The carvings were made 500 to 700 years ago.

In the rock
People don't know what all of the carvings mean any more.

People in lava
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Turtle carving
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Many puka
These little holes were used for umbilical cords when babies were born.

Windswept
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Lava stripes
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At the southern coast
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Blue Pacific
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Sea arch
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Black and green
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Fern fur
This fur covers the new fiddle-heads of the giant tree ferns to keep them moist as they grow.

Over the caldera
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At the top
The start of the hike.

Wooded trail
Through the rainforest we go!

Thurston Lava Tube
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More trails
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Pheasants
These are Asian and introduced, but still cool to see.

At the bottom
It's a mile and a quarter (because of the switchbacks on the trail) to the bottom.

Across the caldera
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Steaming floor
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Sunset over lava
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Light and shadow
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Lava
This was the best view we had of actual lava. No joke.

Steam clouds
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Starlight
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Red flares
The clouds glowed red when lava was pouring out of the underground lava tube.

At the Rainforest Zoo
Giant lilies!

Axis deer
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Iguana
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Binturoung!
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Spider jewels
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Namaste'
He was "donated" by a magician apparently.

Mac nuts
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Akaka Falls
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Water flowing
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Red ginger
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Vines
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Four hundred feet
That's a really tall waterfall-- 422 feet to be exact.

The top
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And the bottom
The water hit with HUGE force.

White flowers
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Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden
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Palm forest
At the Botanical Gardens

End of the Valley
At the Botanical Gardens

Splash
At the Botanical Gardens

Botanical Gardens
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Sighted in Hilo
This made us laugh so hard!

Kaumanu caves
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Flashlights!
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Rainbow Falls
But no rainbow, too overcast.
September 2010

Djelita
Pretty girl. ^_^

Berani hides
He didn't want to go outside so he hid his face in his paw to better ignore me.

Two Giraffes
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Spot Light
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Daisy success!
I got my daisies to bloom again!

Front garden
This is kind of the "in process" shot of my front garden.

Baby plants
And you can see the tiny little plants I added in the empty dirt part. I'm hoping they'll grow quickly.

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Trade Winds
These next photos are all from Camp Erdman on the North Shore.

"Otherton"
I never watched "Lost" but these cabins are "Otherton" on the show.

Mess bell
This rings when the food is served.

Cabins
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Windswept beach
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Salt-twisted branches
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Empty sand
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Tide pools
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Water's edge
She's a gymnast and started doing flips right after this.

Competing Waves
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Rocky cliffs
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Found and rescued
This little guy was stuck in a tide pool so we put him back in the ocean.

Leap
Jumping for the sky

Re-enacting "Lost"
We found this random little shelter/lean-to on the beach and the girls I was with decided to pretend they were castaways.

Mountains and Shore
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Lean-to
There's a lei hanging on one side.

Airplanes
They're being "rescue planes" I think.

Triumphant
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Flying toward friends
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Alone
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Ocean puddle
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Circle of hands
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Sunshine Hibiscus
This was pretty but I didn't have time to play with my camera and get it properly in focus to compensate for the reeeally bright light.

Meerkat in a bucket!
Prepare for massive cuteness. This was their enrichment last week and they looooved it!

Meerkat on a bucket!
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Squish!
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Meerkat is sat upon
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Oh, you're in there!
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Red meerkats!
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Sleepy meerkat inna bucket
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Kaneohe Bay Air Show

Tank static display
See all three of them up there?

Standard Issue Pug
With that tank, anyway.

Tails
There were some huge planes!

Tiny people
Getting shade under the planes.

GI J
In a tank!

Stunt planes
The loops in the sky are from the planes.

Pair of wings
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C 17
Biiig plane.

Raptor time
I love seeing the F22 demonstrations!

Peek inside
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Salute
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Nosey
He likes to see how they work.

Big chopper
Get to it.

Shade again
I can't get over how tiny these people are in the shade of the tail.

Fat Albert
The supply plane for the Blue Angels is a C-130.

Prepare for Take-off
With the mountains in the background.

Diamond
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Dirty inverted pass
They were SO close to one another!

Diamond shines!
Sunlight reflecting on the planes through the clouds.

Dirty diamond pass
It's called "dirty" because the landing gear is down.

Five abreast
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Huge loop
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In a row
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Wingtip to wingtip
They get within 18 inches of each other's wingtips.

Opposing pass
They crossed at mid-point.

All six
This is called Delta pattern.

Fleur de Lis
Their signature move.

Sparkle
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Six directions
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Final pass
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Ground again
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Sunset props
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Pink clouds
They had to fire up the engines to close the back of the plane.

Light fades
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J in San Diego

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J's Adventures

Getting Underway
It was late in the evening around 1930-ish.

Ships trail
This is what the wake of the ship looks like when we're at speed on the open ocean. At night it GLOWS! That's because of the plankton.

Afternon at sea
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Blue Water
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Me at sea
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Better view
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The open ocean
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The Flag
The entire time that a US Ship is at sea it flies the National Ensign 24 hours a day. To symbolize our never-ending vigilance.

Sunset at sea
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Sunset at sea
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The fog...
This is what 200 to 300 yards visibility looks like.

National Ensign
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Haze Gray
This is the reason Naval ships are painted gray and not blue.

2130 hours
This is 2130 (9:30 PM) in the northern Pacific

2130 hours

2130 hours

Still Awake
Still working, just taking a break. We have work 24 hours a day, but only have to be at our work station at certain time during the day. So we get some time "off" to rest and work on other things.

2130 hours
The closer we got to Washington the more accurate our time was. ^_^

S.A.M.
AKA: The Seattle Art Muesum

Sunset WA
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I'm Here
Now I have proof that I was in Seattle.

Gothic Building
This is the Federal Post Office. Cool huh?

With Gargoyles

First Starbucks
This is the very first Starbucks...EVER!

First Starbucks

First Starbucks
Complete with street performer.

USS Kidd
DDG-100

Seattle Harbour
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USS Port Royal
As seen from Pike Place Market

Seattle Harbour
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Random Totem Pole
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Pikes Place Market
The home of the First Starbucks

Seattle's Best
Up the street and around the corner from the first Starbucks.

Seattle's Best
The signature Cup

Seattle's Best
From the posters of Seattle's Best.

Again Proof.
I like this place.

Harbour Ferries
Sunset at the ferry landings

Harbour Ferries

USS Port Royal
As seen by most of the public.

Historical Marker
I forget which marker this is but I liked the shot.

Dinner Out
Met up with some friends who live here. J and N.

Public Market
Some daytime shots of the Public Market.

Public Market

Public Market

Public Market

Public Market

The Shot
The famous shot from almost every Seattle's Best location.

Post Alley
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Starbucks
I had to buy some from the First Starbucks.

Random Seats
Random bug-gee seats on the side of the building.

1st & Pike
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Downtown Seattle
Down Hill...

Horse & bug-gee
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Me again...
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Ship & Fountain
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Navy Night
Went to a Mariners game.

Navy Night
Had a friend go with me. (He's really having a good time).

Safeco Field
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Batting Practice
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Casey Kotchman
Guy with the brown glove adjusting his hat. I caught a line drive he hit during practice... in the shoulder. I'm fine though and he signed the ball.

Safeco Field
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Stadium View
At Navy Night they had a special area set aside for us. With music, free food and drinks.

Stadium View

Stadium View

Stadium View

Upper Deck
Not where we were sitting, but we explored the stadium before the game.

My view
This is where we were sitting for the game. Not a bad view.

Flo-Rida
He threw out one of the ceremonial first pitches.

Play Ball!
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Yer'out!
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Mariners Win!
Fianal Score Mariners 7 Royals 1.

Local Folk Hero
Ivor is a local folk hero and this is his statue.

Seattle Waterfront
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More Proof
I'm not faking this trip.

Piggy Bank
It's a real piggy bank at the Public Market. Right in front of the fish tosser stall.

The Shot.
I got the Famous Shot. The lights are even on!

Station No. 4
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Wall Street
...Not that impressive...
(Also not "that" Wall Street...)

Read it
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Read it
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520 ft up
Shots from the observation deck of the Space Needle.

520 ft up

520 ft up

The EMPSFM
Go to EMPSFM.org for more info

520 ft up
Shots from the observation deck of the Space Needle.

520 ft up

Space Needle
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And Me.
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The Entrance
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Part one
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Part two
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The bell
This is the bell from Fire Station No. 4 back in the 1860's (I think) and it was used to direct the horse drawn fire engine and could be heard for ten miles.

Cool Door
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Space Needle
I got free photo up there.

Everett, WA
The next few photos are from Everett.

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Hard turn!
This is how much the ship tilts when taking a sharp turn.

Other direction
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July 2010

At the beach
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Boogie Boarding
J catches a wave.

Zebra dove
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Overcast Memorial
My parents visited after the Kauai trip, so we went sight seeing.

Dole Express
Took my parents to the Dole Plantation.

Waxbill
I love these little birds!

Sugarcane
Still at the Dole Plantation

Pineapple showcase thingum
I don't remember what they called this...

Draped branch
This reminded J and me of a view in Scotland from our honeymoon.

Lone tree
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Harvester
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Pineapples
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Blue and White
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Looking for turtles
We took them out to find the turtles at the North Shore.

Mom in pink
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Under the sea...
On the Atlantis submarine to the artificial reef.

Blue faces
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Sunken plane
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Porthole
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Honu
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Back above water
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Surfacing
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Rainbow tower
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Makapu'u Lighthouse
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Another beach day
Low tide, so a lot of sand is exposed. This little area is protected from the surf, so very calm.

Sandy
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Distant mangroves
We walked out to those trees.

Shallow seas
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Sea and Sky
This area got rocky so we couldn't go much farther.

Rocks in still water
Looks like they're floating.

Reflections
You can see the sand and reflections of clouds in the water.

Whale cloud!
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Pokey and Gumby
Found in the bottom of my beach bag, so had to take a photo.

Morning light.
Same beach as previous, in the early morning.

Shore birds
Plovers ^_^

Orchid show
I don't know all the varieties...

Purple
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Spotted orchids
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Draped blooms
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Tiny flowers
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Long, thin petals
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White and purple
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Tall draps of flowers
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Sunset?
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Stripes
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Water hole
At the zoo ^_^

Kruger
The white rhino. ^_^

Drinking
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Kauai 2010

The Resort
This was the entrance.

The garden
The lobby looked straight out into the ocean.

13 LBE Gets Turned Down!
We got turn-down service every night, and they put the chocolates and flower on my books! ^_^

Car Fail.
Our first rental car died. Bro and I had an "adventure" on the side of the road for nearly two hours...

Tree Tunnel
This was our view while we sat. And waited.

Eye on you
Birds in the hotel lobby.

Lanai
Containing the coffee shop.

Walk to the pool
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Pool Blue
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Ocean view
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Rico
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Hanging there
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Hotel Waterfall
This is the back of the hotel.

Bro Pose
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Blue Lagoon
This was a saltwater "lagoon" at the back of the hotel.

Swimmy!
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Koloa
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Shave Ice
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Blues
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Koloa Town
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Twisted Tree
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Sugar Mill
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Twin Pines
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Twilight Torches
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Coconut Coast
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Chicken!
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Chicken chasing..?
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Looking out to sea
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What's up, chick?
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Sunshine
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Bike trail
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Family photo
Missing a couple...

Kilauea Lighthouse
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Short-eared Owl!
My first owl spotted in Hawaii! ^_^

Natie Flora
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Bird Burrows
Wedge-tailed Shearwaters are in the little holes around the tree.

White specks
Those are all birds on the hill. ^_^

The Lighthouse
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Kauai North Shore
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Little Church
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Caves
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Droopy Roots
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Another little church
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Tall Palms
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Stained glass
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Wildlife Preserve
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Balcony View
This is the scene from our balcony, looking toward the pool.

Coffee Plantation
Rows and rows of coffee plants.

Coffee Grinder
A really, really old one.

Slightly newer grinder..
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Power lines
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Stove pipes
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Coffee road
This is looking down the middle of two rows of coffee plants.

Irrigation
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Coffee picker
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Bristles.
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Barn
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