Are we there yet?

No, but it is getting close.  I can envision my feet in the white sand beaches of Waikiki and the cool water slapping my legs.  In just a couple of days, the fun part of the Hawaiian Field Studies course will begin.  All of the students that have been diligently working on their pre-trip activities will understand what all of the hard work was for.  There is nothing like standing on cooled lava while talking about lava types or first seeing a wiggling brittle star in its natural habitat or seeing the night sky like nowhere else on earth up at Mauna Kea.  Can we go NOW! I will do my best to keep up with my Blog while I am over there.  Some days are so busy that I get a little behind, but I will get caught up :-) Aloha!