White Pass and Yukon Route narrow gauge railroad

built to serve the gold rush, between Skagway (the "Gateway to the Yukon" and Whitehorse (the capital of Yukon)

Mama Grizzly Bear (giving us the evil eye) and her three (1 year-old) cubs

having brunch at Gloomy Knob, Glacier Bay, Alaska

Trees and Sphagnum Moss

Forest Loop Trail, Glacier Bay, Alaska

Out of the fog

into Petersburg, Alaska

Sawyer Glacier and Tracy Arm

Alaska

Sandalwood blooms and buds

found in Hosmer Grove at Haleakala National Park

Reflecting pond

Forest Loop Trail, Glacier Bay

Sunrise reflections over Oneloa Bay,

and Honokahua Bay beyond that, taken from Hawea Point (the most northwestern point on Maui).

Sunrise along the Kapalua Trail

on Maui, Hawaii with the island of Molokai visible across the Pailolo channel

"Catching air" while

windsurfing off Hookipa Beach, Mau, Hawaii

Sunset over Molokai

from Napili Bay, Maui, Hawaii

"Fire in the sky" sunset

off Van Damme Beach at Little River, Mendocino County, California