Banyan Tree, Big Island, HI

God has cared for these trees, saved them from drought, disease, avalanches, and a thousand tempests and floods. But he cannot save them from fools.

John Muir

Lower right is the prettiest girl I ever knew.

Lava Tree State Park, Big Island, Hi

The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Wall Of Tears Kaui, Hi

In the Iao Vally, waterfalls emerge from the clouds, and the five thousand foot volcanic cliffs, graced in a sheer vertical rain forest. It is a place of cleansing and rebirth. Mega turbulence, light aircraft, and awesome beauty go well together here, where one can see how wonderfully fragile life is.

Fallen Giant Redwood

Chance is a seed that grows into a tree,
that gets struck by lightening.

Coastal Redwood Forest, Northern California

Yukon Territory

The beauty of the land extraordinarily out-merits sufficiency,
such a wonderful example of a physical Heaven. There is no evil in it.

Train From Durango To Silverton Colorado

The steam engine leaves early morning. It's about four hours trough the San Juan Mountains to Silverton. Nice ride, Beautiful country. The sides of passenger cars are open and benches face outward for easy viewing. You will return to Durango by bus and appreciate the difference in technology.

Hohe Tauern National Park

The Austrian Alps