Summer of '04 at Honokowai

During our 2004 summer on Maui, we are posting weekly updates summarizing the week's experiences with the Honokowai turtles. For these commentaries, see:

Week 1 (July 3, 2004)
Dive One ~~ Some things never seem to change... ~~ ...but not everything remains the same ~~ Zeus's Lair ~~ New record for longest residency ~~ Tutu and Mendelbrot accounted for ~~ Preliminary results looking good ~~ Excavating 5690 Nest 2004-1
Week 2 (July 10, 2004)
Oh, what a busy week! ~~ Turtle Independence Day ~~ 5690 does it to us--again! ~~ Diving? ~~ Sighting of the Week ~~ Mt. Balazs: She's gone, Jim! ~~ Speaking of Gone... looking for the one gone missing
Week 3 (July 17, 2004)
We buy a kayak ~~ We kayak ~~ Our true love: we dive ~~ Back to Kuamo'o ~~ 2004 Zeus Report
Week 4 (July 24, 2004)
5690's nest 2 hatches... sort of ~~ Kayaking--the killer outing ~~ 5690 nests again ~~ On the DL ~~ 2004 Zeus Report
Week 5 (July 31, 2004)
Nose news ~~ Foraging update: confirming what was suspected ~~ The chicken sprouts wings ~~ 5690 water report ~~ Kuamo'o report ~~ Home Sweet Home, Ohana Sweet Ohana ~~ Nestwatch ~~ 2004 Zeus Report
Week 6 (August 7-8, 2004)
A major breakthrough ~~ The vigil ~~ We can sleep when we're dead. ~~ The 26 hour day Part the First, or, "We'd rather sleep when we're alive." ~~ The 26 hour day Part the Second, or, We dive! ~~ The 26 hour day Part the Third, or, The unkindest excavation ~~ The 26 hour day Part the Fourth, or, 5690 nests again: #7 ~~ Never a crazier week ~~ They're baaaaaaaaaaaaaaack. Well, one is. ~~ ...and if that wasn't enough ~~ A fond aloha ~~ 2004 Zeus Report
Week 7 (August 14, 2004)
The new Graveyard ~~ Well, it's really gone ~~ So we say Aloha to Mt. Balazs ~~ Kayak to Hawe'a Point ~~ Nest emergence ~~ The Graveyard North, revisited ~~ Meanwhile, back at the ranch... ~~ Friday the Thirteenth ~~ 2004 Zeus Report ~~ Just for fun
Week 8 (August 21, 2004)
Blurrrrr... ~~ This week's biggest news ~~ This just in--late news but great news ~~ Excavating 5690's nest 4 ~~ The eighth nest that wasn't ~~ 2004 Zeus Report
Week 9 (August 29, 2004)
Wai? ~~ Skippy Hau dives with us ~~ 5690's nest 5 hatches! ~~ Waihee excavation ~~ From the "if that wasn't enough" department ~~ What a week! ~~ 2004 Zeus Report
Summer of '04 (September 4, 2004)
Fewer turtles ~~ Wai? Who?! ~~ 5690, a/k/a Maui Girl ~~ The other honu Mommas ~~ Quality time with George Balazs ~~ The kayak ~~ 2004 Zeus Report ~~ Last thoughts

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