In the Realm Between Ao and PÅ
A full-moon hike through the Waiheâe coastal dunes offers an entry into the land of wandering.
April 7, 2020
Story by Judy Edwards | Photography by Bryan Berkowitz
Ecologist Scott Fisher leads full-moon hikes in the Waiheâe dunes several times a year, offering a wealth of information about Hawaiâi along the way. Here he stands close to the oceanâs edge, in low dunes where the native plant naupaka grows.
The magical hour in which the moon rises has always been a favorite time of day for me. It is a period when linear time and concrete reality feel just a little bit shiftedâand that, really, is the point of the full-moon hike I am about to embark on: to bring all of us who are here for the hike into an in-between-ish state of mind.