Tribute to Todd 06 ... 4th Ceremony at Ho'okena Beach

The next-to-last Tribute took place at a beach where Todd apparently lived off & on in 2003 & 2004. These days, Ho'okena Beach is part public beach, part tourist campground, and yet back in the early 2000's it was the location of a small "tent city" of home-free people. There are also caves set into the cliffs overlooking the beach where other folks (possibly Todd) were rumored to have lived at that time. I never came here with Todd, and yet the very first hitchhiker we picked up on our Tribute-Tour had actually known Todd and had spent time with him and some mutual friends on this very beach, so it seemed fitting that part of his ashes be paced here as well.

When we arrived, the place was filled with tourists and beach-goers, and there seemed to be no suitable spot where our memorial could take place. Undaunted, Vanessa clambered over the first few boulders that form the beach's southern border and almost immediately discovered the perfect "altar" for our "ceremony".

I found it especially fitting that our tribute could feel so private and so Peace-full even while children played in the surf just a few yards away ... I think Todd would have liked that.

Peace ... S

P.S. This video is also a bit longer (12 minutes in all), and yet -- similar to the footage from the very first memorial at Kealakekua Bay -- there is something serenely meditative about calmly watching the waves gently take Todd's ashes back to the ocean bit by bit by bit ... Also worth witnessing is the "surprise guest" who shows up at the 8:45 mark of the video, seemingly to greet Todd and welcome him Home.