No sleep 'till Bellows

I have problems sleeping in Hawai'i. A lot of people seem to, some say they don't sleep through the night for their first full year. Some blame the humidity, some blame the spirits. Either way, I have been waking up at three in the morning and passing out on the floor in the middle of the day.

Yesterday I fell asleep around 6 PM with the phone in my hand, and then I woke up at midnight ready to start my day. The smell of night blooming flowers is sometimes so beautiful and heavy it's hard to go back to sleep. By three I was a little stir crazy, so I burned a CD and hit the road. I filled up the pickup and went off to see what I could see.

There's not much to see. Even 7-11 was closed. When did they start buying doors that lock? Very unfair. I kept driving and then quickly realized that anywhere I went was going to lead back to the same place. Taking a road trip on a small island is pretty unsatisfying. So I did some laps for a couple of hours. I pulled over around 5:30 for some coffee (luckily there was a gas station open) and then realized the sun would be up soon. So I high tailed it back to the other side of the island to watch the sunrise on Bellows beach.

It was awesome.



Bit by bit, it got lighter.



The clouds got a silver lining.


Suddenly, the sun was up.


You can see the whole thing in excruciatingly slow detail if you click on a photo and click through to the rest.

I saw some flowers blooming toward the new sun: