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It’s a miracle that Sibby and I avoided the Lihue ER yesterday. The wedding party youth contingent celebrated the birth of our nation by drinking from sunrise to sunset. (Though Sib and I got in a healthy run along the coastline, and I did manage to write a new song, “Pretty Mess,” before the festivities…

Today took the cake. Today kicked ass. (Click here for photos.) We drove up to Wimea Canyon, then went for a 6.2 mile hike from 4000 to 2000 feet above the Nepali Coastline on Awawapaui Trail . Unbelievable. Truly the most staggering, breathtaking and awe inspiring views, like, ever in my life. The I pointed…

I’ll spare you (and me) the moment by moment account of yesterday’s travels. We have more adventures in store. The trail becons. Jon and I drove up the east side of the island all the way to the Northshore — the top of Kaua’i. (Click here for photos.) There the jagged green mountains, windswept and…

Monday morning came with rain. Falling soft and steady, the gusting Trade Winds blew a fine mist through my windows, a cool wake up call indeed. I rose from bed, brewed some local coffee, and watched the clouds whisp over the mountains and out to sea. (Click here for photos.) I went running north of…

I got goosebumps this afternoon. Full-on, full-bodied goose bumps. I was driving over the mountains into Poipu (Poy-poo) Beach. The Pacific spread out before me, blinding diamonds on the waves, Oasis’ “Go Let It Out” as loud as it gets on the Explorer’s CD player, a few stray raindrops dotting the windshield. Paradise. I was…

Some 30,000 feet over the Pacific Ocean, Hawaiian Airlines flight #3 carries me westward towards Honalulu, then Kauai. Because I’m alone, it’s almost like it’s not happening. Despite the 300+ passengers dozing around me, I feel like a tree in an empty forest. It’ll be real when I get there, on the patio with a…