Photos courtesy of C

Major blog update withstanding these are a few pictures that my workmate C has taken of me. The reef pictures I certainly appreciate since, I tend not to bring my camera on any boats for fear of wreckage.

The reef photos were taken this last Tuesday. We were part of a combination Hawaiian monk seal patrol and another marine debris clean up.





The trick, as I have said before, on Midway is to try and convince white terns to land on your hand. White terns have the ability to hover like a humming bird and usually only come close to landing on a person. Well, on one rather amazing day one sat on my head and the other on my hand. In the photo the one that was on my head had just taken off. In any case, I think I may add to my resume, tern handler. : )


Free time on Midway is usually involves some sort of appreciation of the outdoors. For instance, snorkeling or swimming is common for most people. Other people jump off piers, watch birds, search for shells (or rare Japanese glass fishing floats) on the beach, or hope and wait for a tiger shark to take out a fledgling albatross. On Midway though, nights are more low key and on some nights people use the pool hall for pool, darts, or ping-pong. Oh, and in case I somehow missed mentioning this. Every Sunday I bowl. : ) I have no clue how long the bowling alley has been present on Midway, but I definitely look forward to Sunday night bowling here. On this occasion (not Sunday) pool was in order.