Seems there is no way around pre-dawn departures heading west, but the glory of sunrise at 35,000 feet out the left window partially makes up for it.

Yes, I could do it different with an overnight hotel somewhere along the line, but with all the gear (diving equipment, underwater cameras, mermaid tail, dry cameras, clothes and all the ancillary things), there is no way I want to trudge from an airport to a hotel and back in mid-travel.

Only 21 more hours to go in the Norfolk-Houston, Houston-Honolulu, Honolulu-Guam, Guam-Yap and Yap-Koror, Palau itinerary.