While these images don’t exactly fit into the category of recent trips, they were taken a few years ago when my wife and I visited the Big Island of Hawaii. One of my most favorite places to visit is the Hilo Botanical Gardens. I can easily spend hours here photographing images of the beautiful flowers on display. When we were visiting this last time we arrived right at the beginning of a big rain storm. We sat patiently waiting for the rain to stop and within an hour it had cleared up but the flowers were covered with wonderful drops of water that added color and texture to all the plants. If you make it to the Big Island I highly recommend you spend some time visiting this wonderful place