Virgin Island Cruise Dec 2007

During Christmas, 2007 we spent a week on the Norwegian Dawn cruising the Virgin Islands and Bahamas. 

I do an all day ATV trip through the the jungle, as well as a Scuba dive off Virgin Gorta. 

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Scandinavian Cruise - Sept, 2007

We fly to Copenhagen and take a cruise on the Star Princess!

Baltic

Cruise - Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Tallin, Gdynia, Oslo

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Northern Alabama Mountains

I decided to take Jan to the mountains and caves of Northern Alabama. We visit several caverns, Cathedral Caverns, DeSoto Caverns and Russell Cave Nat. Park.

Here's a photo of Russell Cave.

Tahitian Sunset

Soft whispers of Ia Oranna glide through

Mountain peaks upon sultry, vanilla

Winds.

Indigo waves carry the HMS Bounty to

Exotic Tahitian shores,

Seeking breadfruit to feed a far off

Slave population.

Tiki gods weep as mutinous missionaries

Of a desert Christ find

Refuge in rainforest caves.

Ancient maeves crumble and are

Lost upon the eve of a conquered

Civilization.

Spanish, English, Chinese then Frenchmen

Reweave the palm tapestry

Of Maori life and myth.

Now Tahitian sunsets gleam with an

Array of luminous rainbow colors from

The East and West.

By Jan Grokett 1/6/07

Ia Oranna is Polynesian for Hello

Maeves are ancient Tahitian Temples and altars.