This has been a rather ordinary week - no whales to report - just typical work week. We drove down to Mililani on Friday and made a couple of sightseeing stops.

The above picture is at the royal Birthing Stones, where ancient royalty came to give birth to future rulers. When the woman went into labor she would go to the stones and in the presence of 36 male chiefs she would position herself on certain rocks and eventually give birth. Within minutes of birth the baby was taken away and the mother would not see the baby again until he/she was grown. This was done to protect the child from rival chiefs.

This is a picture of Dennis at the Pu'u o Mahuka Heiau. These are remnants of a Hawaiian temple located on the cliffs above Waimea Bay. We drove up Pupakea Road by Foodland and turned right. That's as good as the directions get. It is a beautiful view up here of all the bay and out to Ka'Ena Point, where the albatross come to nest.

This picture is also at the heiau looking out towards the Pacific. This was a place of human sacrifice. Many people were murdered here in order to appease the gods. Legend has it that three of Capt. Vancouver's crew were killed here and thrown off the cliff.

We went to two BYUH basketball games this week. They won the first one and scored over 100 points. They have a tradition here that when the team scores that many points and wins, everyone gets ice cream for free from the Seasider. It was like a giant block party outside the Canon Activities Center. Sadly, the game on Saturday night didn't have the same result but it was still fun to watch. They are a scrappy little team with boys from all over the world.

Like I said, a slow week. . .