From Sunrise to Sunset

Well I saw my first Hawaiian sunrise this morning as Victor and I hiked deep into the Manoa Valley this morning. We made our start from the lab, after collecting our already packed gear, at around 6:30 AM. We were going to six out of seven of the sites today to empty and clean the runoff and rain collectors, as well as to do some repairs, to prepare the sites for collecting data from a January storm event. It was a long morning of hiking, and of course getting bitten by tons of mosquitoes. Since we had just went to all the sites and cleaned them and have only had one afternoon of showers, there wasn’t much to clean and we were able to move fast. Surprisingly we were done with everything and back on campus in time for me to make it to lab. Today was just an introduction and discretion of what they will e doing in the lab. I wish I could stay; they are going over some very interesting and intriguing topics in their labs. After lab I rode down to the beach where I swam and snorkeled for a good long time. I tried to see if I could find the two sharks I saw the other day, but had no luck with that. I then went to go see about playing soccer, but there was no pick up going on so I played some on my own. I then went back to the beach to enjoy the sunset. I am looking forward to the weekend and seeing more of beautiful Oahu.