Greetings friends! Been away from the forums for a couple weeks for a trip back home to the "Shark Bite Capital of the World" (NSB,FL). It wasn't all play, I had quite a bit to get done, but I managed to squeeze as much fun in as possible. We spent a week at the beach, rode out the passing tropical storm (snapped my favorite boogie board in half in the waves), got up for sunrises, stayed out for moonrises, and ended up having a blast overall. We even managed a night kayaking trip in the lagoon during a bio-luminescent algae bloom (it was like paddling in the movie Avatar).
My main carry was the Benchmade HK, which has become my go-to knife for trips back home. It's solid enough to work well as a hard-use/work knife, also works well as an all around knife, and is cool enough to satisfy the knife nut in me; all while being inexpensive enough (relatively) for me to risk in checked luggage. I Also took my SE H1 Dragonfly, Swisstool, and my Surefire Aviator (which can go in my carry-on until I go through security at which point it goes in my pocket). I carried a Pacific Salt that I keep with my gear down there while I was in the water.
the moon-rise looked like the sun coming up at night