Midway day 2 and 3

Yesterday I had the day off! Woohoo! And I was on land which was awesome. My friends and I went and toured around Midway for the day. Let me give you a little information about Midway atoll. First and foremost it is a wildlife refuge mostly for birds and monk seals. There are a ridiculous amount of birds here. I am not exaggerating when I tell you there are thousands and thousands of Laysan Albatross (at least one per square meter). This time of year there are young chicks and subadults on the island. The chicks are big, brown, and really fluffy and they can't fly yet. Their parents are off at sea collecting food for about another month or so and these birds literally sit in the spot they hatched and just wait. They don't move in inch. You could run up to them and they will just sit their and stare at you. It is totally bizzare! The subadults are really funny. They are constantly practicing their mating dances with each other so that when the time is right they have it down perfect. Their dance starts out with them clapping their beaks together several times, then they shake their head no, then shake their head yes, then stick their head up in the air and howl. They practice either with just one other bird or in groups.
We started the morning off with a 2 hour bike ride on a beach cruiser. It was awesome to be out on a bike riding around and move more than 100 feet. Bike riding was pretty comical though because like I said there are birds EVERYWHERE so you have to weave all over the place not to hit them. Then we went and laid out on the most gorgeous beach I have ever been to in my life (I was trying to get rid of this wetsuit tan, but one day just wont cut it). At the end of the day we went over to the "All hands club", which is a totally empty bar that has pool tables, shuffle board, and ping pong and then walked to North Beach and watched the sunset. It was a great day off.
Today was a little rough. The seas were up and it was really stormy. We ended up calling our first two dives of the day because none of us wanted to get in the water the way that it was. Luckily, on the opposite side of the island the waves were not that bad so we jumped in there. Under the water was amazing. No swell or current. Just total calm. Once was I down I did not want to come back up to the stormy surface. It is pretty amazing how calm the conditions can be if you just drop down a few feet under water. Anyways, we are all stuck on the ship for the next three days because we are transiting back the French Frigate Shoals again on our way back to Honolulu.