Turtles!

Today is our last full day in Hawaii. It's been a fantastic vacation - and today was the day of the turtle.....



Gotta come up for air every now and then


Getting to shore can be an adventure


Nice Place to catch a turtle nap

Pololu Beach

Today's adventure was a hike down Pololu Beach at the end of the highway in the Northwest corner of the Big Island.


The view from the hike down to the beach

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Looking the other way from the rocky beach

More Big Island

We had a terrific day today - highlighted by a 5 mile roundtrip hike to 1 of 2 Green Sand Beaches in the world. Along the way we saw a massive (at least 60 members) pod of dolphins swimming close to shore - right at the most southern part of the US.


A few dolphins in the pod



Green Sand Beach from above


Jennifer & Laurence @ GSB


A serene turtle on a black sand beach


Cactus Close-Up


The Big Island's Wild Donkey's (for Steph's benefit)

Day trip to Hilo

We took a day trip from Kona over to Hilo for the day. Enjoyed a beautiful drive, mostly sunny, and some light hiking to waterfalls.


Akaka Falls - over 400 ft


Leaf Detail


One of the smaller waterfalls - but technically, still a waterfall....


Bamboo Forest

More flowers

Light rain today - so a few photos from of flowers outside our condo.

Bird of Paradise!

We are here in Paradise (Big Island of Hawaii) - so here is a photo of the day.

Fall colors at the Japanese Garden (Seattle, WA)

(Posting by Jennifer!)

We found a little bit of fall color this weekend in Seattle. We even saw a bit of sun, but did get chased by rain. You will note we were prepared with the Gortex.

Art, by Laurence...a solo leaf thinking by itself.

Nice relections!

Jennifer took this picture, watch out photo pros here comes Jenn!! Just like Andy recommended I got Laurence's eyes, nose, mouth, ears, hat, smile and fleece.