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Gator Babies , originally uploaded by Frank Peters . Shark Valley in the Everglades National Park is a neat place where you can walk along t...

A good start... , originally uploaded by Frank Peters . Dawn of the first day of our Christmas vacation. Our hotel in Ft. Lauderdale is rig...

Kofi , originally uploaded by Frank Peters . The Memphis Zoo has a new baby reticulated giraffe. His name, Kofi, means "boy born on Fr...

Delicate , originally uploaded by Frank Peters . This flower was in a fountain in in a botanic garden in Dayton, Ohio. We were in town for ...

Cranberry As I took this photo at the Memphis Zoo I was struck by how far we are removed from our primitive roots. Cranberry (what an...

Primordial There are still active volcanoes and vents on the southern end of the Big Island of Hawaii. This area is near their sulfur ...

Rocks flow like water The Big Island is Hawaii's youngest and the only one that still has active volcanoes. The island is a great ...

Home from the Sea Not far from our hotel on the Big Island of Hawaii is a beach called Anaehoomalu Bay. Its a beautiful sand beach th...

Wave after Wave North of Helo, on the Big Island of Hawaii, is a short scenic drive which includes Onomea Bay. If you follow the trai...

Kihei Beach Sunset And the sun sets on our Maui stay - on to the Big Island next.

Palm Tree Even some of the palm trees are different.

Flower Amazing colors!!

Flower Flowers are pretty but kinda odd on Maui too.

Water Lily Water lilies are already blooming on Maui.

Palm Fruit The Garden of Eden - along the road to Hana.

Maui coast near Hana Along the winding road to Hana.

Windsurfers Windsurfing later on the same beach.

Surfer Dude! Along the road to Hana.

We Were Here We have several similar pictures taken along the coast of Norway several years ago.

Not many pictures today We spent most of Saturday on a snorkeling trip - hope the under water pictures turn out - then drove along the...

Hawaiian Green Sea Turtle Green sea turtles hang out near the harbor entry area.

Whale passing under our boat The lady whale hid in the shadows of our boat for shade and to escape persistent male perusers.

Tail Slap When the whale raises her tail she is going for a deeper dive.

Humpback Whale On to Maui - We went whale watching our first day.

Sunset and the sun sets on our visit to Kauai.

Some of the flowers are very unusual.

Flower The colors are so vivid!

Heart of Passion Kauai - the flower island.

Waikiki Sunset

Old Glory The flag from the Memorial.

Arizona Memorial The Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor - The memorial is built over the sunken ship. The sailors that died that day re...

Papali Pake (Chinaman's Hat) According to Hawaiian legend, Mokoli'i is the tail of a nasty lizard slain by a god and thrown in...

The waves were high and swimming dangerous at Sunset Beach Saturday afternoon.

Sample of the blooms around the Temple

Goose Goose visiting the koi pond at the Byodo-in Temple

Byodo-in Temple Byodo-in Temple is the center piece of the Valley of the Temples Memorial Park. You ring a gong prior to entering, th...

Sunset over Waikiki Most of the day was spent on the always pleasant experience of flying. About all we had time for after arriving wa...

Aloha! We have arrived!! Starting our Hawaiian vacation.