Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

We spent most of the day today up at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival - it's about an hour north of Seattle. The flowers are in peak bloom this weekend - get up there if you can!

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.