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Highlights from Hawaii: Photos of the Big Island

April 23, 2016 by Beth Shepherd

We just came back from two weeks on the Big Island of Hawaii. Although the weather in Seattle had Hawaii’s beat hands down (oh the irony), we did see and do some amazing things. I saw my first active volcano and my first native Hawaiian owl, breathed thin air at 13,000+ feet on Mauna Kea and experienced the wonder of snorkeling with manta rays! Here are a few photographic highlights.

Wood carving of face

Volcano National Park

Gecko

Big Island mountain sunset

Pink orchid

Black sand and painted toenails

It’s all about the journey,

Beth

Filed Under: Photography, Travel Tagged With: Big Island

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