Another of the Beast’s benefits: beer stays colder longer.

Back in Denerau Harbor. Yes, that is a helicopter on the back of a boat.

Leaving Cloud 9

The weather started getting rough
The tiny ship was tossed
If not for the courage of the fearless crew
The Minnow would be lost
The Minnow would be lost

We have turtles swimming around us.

Lots of surf off in the distance. We’re at Cloud 9, on the Malolo Barrier Reef.

We’re on a boat…

The Chicago contingent in Fiji are sporting these “Malortlandia” T-shirts. :)

Pix from the Lomolomo trail.

The band just played Kenny Rogers’ The Gambler. That was one of three 8-tracks my parents had in the car back in the day. (Dad never bought much into the format, but he did have a ’78 Cutlass Supreme that came with an 8-track player.)

It’s crazy what kinds of memories can get jogged sometimes.