States we have visited include:

Alaska	Arizona	California
Colorado	Connecticut	Delaware
Florida	Georgia	Idaho
Illinois	Kentucky	Maine
Maryland	Massachusetts	Nevada
New Hampshire	New Jersey	New Mexico
New York	North Carolina	Ohio
Pennsylvania	Rhode Island	South Carolina
South Dakota	Texas	Utah
Vermont	West Virginia	Wyoming
Virginia

Well, we're back from another great vacation. This time we went to Las Vegas, Grand Canyon National Park, Zion National Park, Valley of Fire State Park, and Death Valley National Park. Click here to see some pictures of our Vegas 2000-01 Vacation

We're just back from a fantistic trip to Australia. We visited Cairns, Port Douglas, Brisbane, Alexandra Headlands, Taree and Sydney.

Cairns was beautiful.  We went on the Kuranda Railway over the rainforest.  What a wonderful view.  We visited many animal parks including The Crocodile Hunter's Park, the Australia Zoo in Beerwah.  Steve wasn't there at the time, but we saw all his croc friends. The Koalas were great, the roos were cute.

Here are some Sydney pics.  We also did the Sydney Harbor Bridgeclimb.  It was a great experience.  This was one spectacular trip. Click here to view picture

AUSTRALIA 01-02

We've done it again. We're back again from another fantastic vacation in Australia. This one brought us to Perth, to vist some really great friends. We stayed in Scarborough Beach, travelled up to Kalbarri, Monkey Mia, Cervantes and back to Scarborough Beach. We then flew back to Sydney, drove up to Taree, stayed at Diamond Beach and then back to Sydney. Click here to see some of our great pictures.

 All pictures on this page were taken by either Ray, Jr. Charlene or Ray, III. Click on pictures to view full size.
Click on the parakeet to get to Budgie's Corner
Click on my picture to see more pictures of me

YELLOWSTONE VACATION

One of our favorite trips was to Yellowstone National Park. We went during the summer of '98, stayed in cabins right in the park and saw lots of wildlife. Our first stop in Yellowstone was the Grand Canyon area. As we walked to dinner the first night, a couple of hundred feet from the cabin was the hugest bison we ever saw just lying in the grass with an elk nearby scraping his antlers on a tree. We saw grizzly bear, moose, coyotes and lots of prairie dogs. (They're cute) The geysers were fantastic. Never expected anything like that. Can't wait to get back. Second part of the trip we stayed by Old Faithful. That was a magnificent sight.
Click on the camera to view the pictures of the Upper Falls at Yellowstone, Old Faithful Geyser

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The picture of Death Valley was taken in the middle of nowhere. This is Badwater. As you can see the elevation is 282 feet below sea level, the lowest point on the Western Hemisphere. The salt lake was immense, it went on forever. This picture shows the only water in the area which was only a couple of inches deep. This was in December of '98. It looked the same in January 01 too. 

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Grand Canyon, Colorado

This is the Grand Canyon in Colorado. The view is awesome. The picture really doesn't do it justice. Looking over the edge, you realize how small you really are. We hiked down into the Canyon twice. The first time only 2 miles down. The second time I made it to Indian Gardens, 3 miles down and Ray and Ray made it to Plateu Point, 4 and 1/2 miles down. It was a tough hike back up. Had to wait on the sidelines when the mules went past. Wildlife was abundant, deer, elk, mountain goats and more.
Click on the picture to view sime pictures of the Grand Canyon. 

Click here to see a photo taken by Ray, Jr. of Ray, III in Garden of Gods, Colorado. This picture won first prize in the Record newspaper contest for the Humor category.

CALIFORNIA YOSEMITE - KINGS CANYON NATIONAL PARK - SEQUOIA NATIONAL PARK VACATION

Well, we're back again from another exciting vacation. The Sequoia Trees were one of the most magnificent sites we've ever seen. It is amazing how big they are and how long they've been around. Click here to see some pictures.
Click here to view Maine. This is Schoodic Point near Bar Harbor.The two bottom pictures are views of Niagra Falls at night.
Every Thanksgiving we head to Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, where we spend the holiday hiking and viewing deer and other wildlife on Skyline Drive. These are white tailed deer in Big Meadow. Click on the image to enlarge.

Another passion of ours is air shows. We've been going to the Oceana AirShow in Virginia Beach since 1988. We've been to the Andrews Air Force Base Open House Air Show three times. The Thunderbirds are one of our favorite aerobatic demonstration teams. Here's a great picture taken by Ray at one of the airshows. Click on the image to enlarge it.

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