Carl H. Harrison

After a life of working in the structured confines of banking Carl decided to do a little travelling down roads less travelled. Along with an old friend from working days he wandered off. This is the lighthearted tale of a three week Amtrak rail trip. The journey across the United States enjoyed stop overs in Buffalo, Kansas City, Albuquerque, San Diego and COrvallis, Oregon by way of Portland

In the great tradition of John D. MacDonald's Travis McGee stories, author Carl H. Harrison invites readers to leave behind their own reality to step inside a world of tropical sunshine, sandy beaches, warm water-and mystery. The story opens as five men prepare to renew their childhood friendships on the beautiful island of Hawaii-and conduct a search for a valuable and long-missing entity. The five men, each past their prime but unwilling-or perhaps unable-to admit it, tackle the search in their own way, beleaguered by the limitations of their own reality. The motley crew includes the White Rhino, Harri, Crazy Dave, Dakota Slim and, last but not least, The Driver. Goofballs and screw-ups all, they are also suspicious, paranoid, thrifty, and generally full of themselves for no good reason. As they dig deeper into their search, looking all over the island for clues to unravel the mystery, the men meet a zany cast of local characters who confuse and distract them from the mission at hand. But despite the odds-and themselves-these five friends persevere in paradise, somehow discovering what they didn't even know they'd set out to find.