Now its time to spread the word

As the news coverage begins, I will keep everyone in the loop. Sorry this has taken so long, but it has taken longer than expected to readjust back to normal life.

Day 54......Home at last

August 3, 2009
21 Deg 17'29 N
157 Deg 51'21 W
Almost 7,000 miles traveled

ALOHA!!!!! I arrived back on Oahu on Friday the 31st and I needed a day or 2 to decompress, but I am home at last. We pulled into Ala Wai fuel dock about 8:30 am on a rainy morning, where I jumped off into the arms of my very happy wife! This two month journey was taxing on both of us in so many ways. I was pretty much an emotional wreck!!! I realized as I saw her standing on the dock with open arms that we had never spent that much time apart in almost 14 years.

The return was not without drama...
Christaina had a flight to catch at 8 am so she could make back to LA in time to catch another flight to Greece. We realized we would not make it to Honolulu in time so we dropped her at Ko'olina at 6:30am where a cab awaited and took her to the airport. We learned later that she made her flight by the skin of her teeth!!!!

So now the next phase of this project begins, so I will be attacking the video....all 35 tapes and 300 GBs on three hard drives. So as we filter through hours and hours of footage, we will be posting pictures and other stuff that I was unable to post before, due to limitations of the satellite data transfer issues from the boat. So stay tuned for lots more stories, video clips and photos that we will continue to post as Jamie and I begin the work on the many projects we have planned (Documentary, Educational programing, Children's book, etc) from my amazing adventure from the Voyage to the Center of the Trash!!!!!

But the first thing we have happening is our media conference day on August 3rd from 10am - Noon. Anyone can come down to the boat at Kewalo Basin to talk with the Captain and crew and see what we collected on our nearly 7000 mile trip! Just look for this boat, The Alguita. Hope to see you there.

So till our next blog, this is my wife's favorite picture so far......
Me standing on the dock as the ORV Alguita sails away!!!!!!!