tely one of the coolest things you could get for your money’s worth. Hey it is even tax deductible. Jan. 6th 2001 Day off… sort of.Today started with a lecture like yesterday from Dr. Marsha Green. Dr. Green again gave us examples of whale behavior as well as relayed experiences she had in the field. Lecture lasted from about 9:30 to 11:30. Today, since I had already underwent the field training yesterday, was my day off. Teams 1-4 were able to do their grocery shopping and any of the tourism stuff they wanted as long as they were at the 7:30 meeting. I decided to take this opportunity to get aquatinted with some of the local historical sights here in Lahaina. One sight is a restored whaling ship that now acts as a floating museum. The ship's name is Carthaginian II, and she sits in the harbor daily with the tall masts and numerous riggings jutting into the sky. It is quite an impressive sight to see all the rope and rigging used to help the ship harness the wind in its sails, and the massive anchors used to keep the boat in place near shore. Then there was the foundation of the first brick, or english style, house to have been built in Hawaii. English convicts from Australia who landed on the island of Maui constructed it. They were commissioned by the king to construct the house for the king’s favorite wife, who never actually stayed in the house for she preferred an airier house that was near by. Another pretty cool sight I saw was the Banyan tree. Originally it was just one tree planted in the center of the park. Now the tree covers nearly an entire block. The unusual thing about this tree is that it grows out and not really up. The branches run parallel to the ground and have roots that drop off of them seeking to plant into the ground and grow another support trunk so the tree can keep growing out from the center. This is truly a massive tree with the central trunk is at least 15 feet in diamet...
