Land ho!

Kelly spotted land low on the horizon off the starboard forequarter at about 11:25 HST. We were about 40 nm offshore at the time. Nicholas would have seen it first, but the low finger of land was almost invisible without polarized sunglasses.

We still can't make out the volcano, but since about 10:30 HST, we've been seeing bright plumes of salmon-colored smoke above the scattered cumulus on the horizon. Hawaii is so close we can almost taste it.

Aloha!