Pacific Ocean

  “Anything that can create itself by erupting out of the bowels of the Pacific Ocean is worth looking at.” —Hunter S. Thompson, The Curse of Lono The rain closed down the backcountry trails my first few nights on the …

They hook you in with the music. There you are in the terminal, like you’ve been for a hundred flights before, and the ticket agent comes on the speaker to tell you that your flight with Hawaiian Airlines is now …