1 My new "detail" pieces, reminiscent of working for Merck and selecting information to share with clinicians. This is a tad more relaxed. We drive about an hour to get here, and are on duty from 9a-noon. Today we went with mom to the Polynesian Cultural Center (about 20 min south) for the afternoon.
2 Putting out signage that says not to bother the turtles.
3 On "duty" waiting for honu to arrive.
4 Turtle tracks made by the flippers as they haul back into the water. This one came up really far!
5 You can't see it here, but there were a lot of surfers out. The wave faces were about 8'-10' - the locals measure from the backside, though, and that was about 4'-5'. Big as far as I'm concerned!
6 Sam hauled himself up on the sand just like a turtle! I'm building a sand turtle for the tourists since none of our celebrities showed up until much later in my shift.
7 Contrary to the posted signage, we "fed" our turtle - you can see seaweed in his mouth :)
8 This is Brutus! That's his satellite transponder (discussed in a previous post) on his carapace. He's about 40 yrs old, and weighs 170lbs. He's the most frequent basker, coming up almost every day.
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10 What do you think Sammy is drinking? Hint - the straw is white...yum!
11 He likes to wear his glasses here as well. He says it's an alternative to the forehead that his PopPop (Krug) likes :)
12 Enjoying the native Hawaiian music. There's video of Sam's performance on the home page!