A quarter past six — fingers frozen, nose numb, goose pimples galore, and all of us under-dressed.
On the bright side: the darkness had lifted. The sun was making its slow climb out of the Pacific – a big, glowing ball of fire, bathing sky, sea and shore in gold.
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