Ironman memories

I'm watching the Ironman Triathalon on television. It's making me homesick, even though I remember how much of a pain it was to cover the triathalon when I worked for the newspaper there. How much the locals hated having all the streets closed off. The network is showing a lot of commercials designed to entice visitors. "The people of Hawaii want to share their islands with you," and blah, blah, blah.

It would just be nice, so nice, to stand beside the ocean right now. Take deep breaths and just be present in that moment.