February 17

Tomorrow is departure day! We are packed, prepped, and pumped!

Hawaii is the last state that needs to get checked off Mike’s I-have-been list. I have wanted to visit for years but circumstances meant we spent a lot of time in the intermountain west and the desert during the last couple of decades.

We are going to Oahu so we can visit Pearl Harbor but also plan to get plenty of beach and rainforest time. For some of the time, we will be living in a tent or a camper van, but we are also spending four days in the city four blocks from Waikiki Beach.

For flight entertainment, I am debating whether I should take Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life or Stephen King’s The Stand in honor of the COVID-19 virus, which is looming over our travel plans.

Or, download a bunch of podcasts and hope to score a few good books at the Goodwill in Honolulu. 😀