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Kauai ATV

In March of 2007 we went back to Kauai for a week. While we were there we rode ATVs with Kauai ATV. Wow, what a blast. We were freezing in the rain and mud but what a fun time we had! Pictured are Dawn, her uncle Tom and myself.
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Australia

When visiting Australia, we took a road trip along the Great Ocean Road. Little did I know we would be driving by Bells Beach. I had to have my photo taken by the sign. Bells Beach is where Bodhi (Patrick Swayze) gets arrested and released into the surf of the 50 year storm by Johnny Utah (Keanu Reeves) at the end of Point Break, my favorite movie
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Kauai Vacation

Hayden and me’s first trip to Hawaii. We got to see Waimea Canyon, the Spouting Horn at Poipu and a glimpse of the Napali Coast from the Kalalau Lookout. We also got to go to a luau which was a lot of fun.
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Ixtapa Mexico Vacation

Took a vacation to Mexico with Hayden and Dawn’s parents. This was the first time Hayden had been out of the country.
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Hayden’s Birth

Hayden was born on Aug 1st, 2003.
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Christmas Time in New York

Dawn found an incredible deal on tickets to and accomadations in New York. We couldn’t pass up on the opportunity. While we were there we did a lot of sight seeing including Central Park, Rockafeller Center to see the tree, And lots of shopping. While there we took a tour of NBC studios, very worth it. We saw where Saturday Night Live is filmed and Tom Brokaw’s studio as well as an extended tour of the Rockafeller Center building where the NBC studios are located.
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Fiji Trip

I considered this to be our un-official honeymoon. Fiji was nice. The natives were very laid back, almost too much so. But in the end everything seems to work out there. We stayed at three different places when we were there. The first place was called Tokoriki. Tokoriki is a luxury island resort in the Mamanuca Islands of Fiji. The island is so small that it only has 34 bures. Bures are the Fijian equivalent of Bungalows. There is no air conditioning and no TV. To get out to Tokoriki you have 2 options. You can take the ferry that goes out to the islands which takes 3 or 4 hours or you can take a helicopter. We took the Ferry.
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Our Wedding

Dawn and I were married on August 18 2001.
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Elwha Backpacking

16 Miles RT – 500′ Elevation Gain

It was to be a hike across the Olympics, but due to Dawn’s blisters we didn’t make it too far. The picture below is the only one we got as a group.
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Manzanillo Mexico Vacation

 A trip we took to Manzanillo Mexico. We stayed at the Karmina Palace. Excellent trip. On the flight home, there was plane trouble and shortly after take-off the plane turned around and landed. The airline couldn’t get the plane fixed so they put us up for the night in the Las Hadas, the location of the filming of the movie “10″ with Dudley Moore and Bo Derek. I really enjoyed our time at the Karmina Palace and Manzanillo and would love to go back some day.
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New York and Connecticut Trip

Dawn’s friend Stacy was re-listing in the navy and invited us to attend the ceremony. They lived in Connecticut at the time In Groton. We flew out there and stayed with him and their family and got up and drove in to New York for the ceremony. He re-enlisted at the top of the Statue of Liberty. It was really cold when we were there with a negative 4 degree wind chill. I’m not sure I’ve ever been in such cold weather before. In some of the pictures, you can see the pre 911 Twin Towers. Pictures are of New York City and Mystic Connecticut.
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Lena Lake Backpacking Trip

7 Miles RT – 1000′ Elevation Gain

I decided to take Dawn to Lena Lake for an overnight trip. I told her all she had to bring was the tent and her sleeping bag, I would carry everything else. To make a long story short, It’s hard to keep the mosquitoes off of you when you have to sleep with the door of the tent open because your girlfriend didn’t make sure she packed the adult tent and not the kids tent she had. LOL

Unsure of the exact date.
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Ape Caves

This was one of Dawn and I’s first dates, a trip to the Ape Caves at Mt St Helens. Unsure of the exact date.
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