
A Heated Affair
I ended 2017 with an 8 mile round trip hike to Hanakapiai Falls in Kauai. 8 miles of slippery mud on the path and 360° beauty. This viewpoint is only about 1/2 mile in...and up. At the end of the first day of 2018, I caught a red eye flight back to the US mainland. I also caught the flu. By the second flight I had a persistent dry cough. Soon after I arrived home my white blood cells were in full battle mode. My throat was raw, I had the chills and there was blazing pain thro