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Journal
Huber LN
1964
Sept 29 Honolulu Hawaii
Everything is great.
Sept 30 Honolulu Hawaii
Ran myself to the ground getting things ready for Mars trip. But.... everything is still great.
Oct 1 Honolulu - AT SEA
Left and went AND are going
Oct 2. AT SEA
Still going. Saw a little bird - Sooty shearwater
Saw a W.T.S. sitting on the water preening and washing itself. also saw two Gnoddies sitting on the water.
They (Waddies) were riding at normal height
on water and when they took off their feathers
didn't look wet or matted. They had no trouble
rising off the water. Since there wasn't four
waddies in the air and I didn't see any
land in the water the two that were in the water
must have been there at least 4 full minutes
(if not much longer) before we scared them.
Would have been interesting to stop the ship
and watch how long they would sit in the
water.
Oct 3 AT SEA
Saw a pale - footed Shearwater today - & like bird. Also
saw a Cook's Petrel feed. No went between two swells
as they usually do but while he was halfway through
the trough he seem to see something,
broke his glide and plummeted head first