Kauai - December 2010:

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This seal was sleeping on a beach where we went snorkeling.

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Abby feeding the horses in the field next to our cottage.

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We went to Waimea Canyon one day and had this amazing view!

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Abby all ready for our helicopter flight.

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Abby on her horse.

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A giant avocado that the owners of the cottage gave to us.

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These egrets were everywhere...including the back of this horse!

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There are chickens all over Kauai including lots of cute babies.

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We saw this family of boars at the stables.

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Our convertible parked in the cottage's garage.

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Our boat went halfway into this cave.

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We found the cottage we stayed in on VRBO and it was perfect.

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The screened in lanai of our cottage.

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A pod of dolphins swam past our boat.

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The doors that they removed from our helicopter.

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Taken with my GoPro underwater camera.

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Our food and cocktails at the St. Regis Resort.

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We flew in a helicopter with the doors removed.

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The view from our cottage including the horses in the field next to the cottage.

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Our horses rested while we swam and had lunch.

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We snorkeled just off the coast of this island.

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The forbidden island of Niihau.

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Flying in a helicopter without doors lets you take some great photos.

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We had a wonderful view of Hanalei Bay.

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This is the stables where we went horseback riding.

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There were a bunch of these little geckos living in and around our cottage.

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We saw numerous rainbows during the helicopter flight - many of them full circle rainbows.

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The sign for our cottage.

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This stretch of road is called Tree Tunnel.

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This is Jurassic Park falls from the movie.

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There are at least five waterfalls in this photo!

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The waterfalls inside the crater were incredible.

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Wailua Falls was positively overflowing with all the rain.

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We rode our horses to this waterfall and swam in the pool.

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