August 14th, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii, United States

As I strolled down the beach at Waikiki late at night, my bare feet not entirely happy about the coarse sand imported from Molokai, it finally sunk in. This morning I was watching grizzly bear cubs by the side of the road in the Canadian Rockies. Not twelve hours later I’m wading in the surf on a piece of volcanic rock in the middle of the Pacific. This really is a little more than just a short vacation.