"Notes from a Beach in Kauai"
--excerpt from travel log--

Reclining on a large rock under a canopy of thick fruit trees hanging over the beach... Foot dangling over the edge of the volcanic sofa we lay on; the tide laps at my toes, the water is warm and clean.

Today, I've been decompressing. It's amazing what can happen when you have the opportunity to get bored. I'm liking it.

Walking along the beach to get here I spotted beautiful tropical fish just beneath the surface. The beach is 3 miles long, secluded,and its soft sand holds huge volcanic rocks that look like giant licorice drops, smooth and shiny. As I sit on one of the licorice lounges, a crab does some side-step dashing along the beach in front of me.

One minute there's a light warm mist falling from the sky… the next it's sunny and a quiet breeze carries over us…

-William R. Buck, 2000

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