Dec. 2 to Dec. 6 Shopping about town, very little to do, weekend free - I spend some time body surfing at Haleiwa with Dennis. The surf is great - about 8' and breaking a good 200 yards offshore. Several good rides until darkness overcomes. Second Dec. 7 Errands - Shearwater leaves. shot. First was on Thur., the 3rd of Dec.. Dec. 8 and 9 - skinning birds with Husted all day each day at Chuck's. Dec. 10 and 11 - Mounting plants all day at the University. This is a pleasant change. It is fun once again to be around students at a University. Dec 12 and 13 - weekend, some swimming on the windward side, but it is very flat, so no surfing to speak of. Mon. Dec. 14 I had an immune reaction to the shot, and got a rather large sterile cyst on my arm - as a result I don't have to go to Pearl to get another shot this AM with Dayle and Bob. Instead I go to Pearl City and get enough blood material for Kure, as well as a centrifuge which they are lacking. This, as usual, takes most of the morning, and the material is then packed in the afternoon and readied for the flight to Midway mānana. Dec. 15 Flight to Midway, arrive there at 1530, check in. Dec. 16 Foul, rainy weather all day. It would be nice if we could keep some foul weather gear on Midway so that we could do more there in the rain. I have a blood sample drawn for shipment back to Honolulu. Dec. 17 What a day. The regular flight to Kure got off at 1300, and we flew into strong headwings all the way, arriving in 45 minutes, much longer than usual. The ground gusts were 50 knots, so we could not land. We flew around three times, made a mial drop (whew), and then left. The plane bounced all over the place, so I pretended to sleep so as to forget about the motion. No problems, except landing on Midway, which was rather hairy. It seems a good storm is coming, and we were already feeling the first gentl whispers of hello.