More Bike Issues

It has been a long day. I knew it was going to be a rough one right from the start. I went down to go get my bike to ride to class this morning and found that my rear tire was flat. I hustled to class and got there right on time. Today we started the section on ancient Hawaiian/Polynesian resource management. It was a very interesting class, discussing the different village, or watershed layouts the Hawaiians used early on so that in each community all the needed would be provided in the land that was theirs. After class I went up to the lab to work on weighing soil samples that we had dried to calculate the moisture content, as well as weighing and calculating the Total Suspended Solids of a sample we had collected last Friday. I did also manage to fit some ball-milling in too. The flat tire put a little niche in my agenda I had planned for the afternoon. In order to deal with that I looked up the nearest bike shop on the internet, but after walking the mile and a half to get there I found that it was just a house that doubled as a bike repair place, unfortunately no one was home. I then walked back to school and Holly was gracious enough to let me borrow her bike for the afternoon. With a new set of wheels I made my way down to the beach to try to recapture the footage I had lost yesterday and also to play some soccer. I had my mask this time, which made it even better. The wind and the wave had picked up from the day before, but not enough to stop me from snorkeling. I saw a lot more interesting things with the mask on. I even got to have some up close and personal time with two white tip reef sharks that the snorkeler had told me about yesterday. They were both about five or six feet long and seemed pretty accustomed to being viewed by snorkelers. I then went over and played some pick up with the same group of guys. I had to race back to my room at sunset to change and meet Greg and Holly for dinner at their place before church. Tomorrow I had planned on getting up early and going to hike Diamond Head Crater, but there is one screw on my bike that is giving me some trouble, so I’ll have to wait for the morning to try and switch my flat tire again. I can’t believe it has been a week already, time is flying by. I am having a blast, and there is a lot more left on my to-do list. Hopefully I can get this bike under control.