Here are just a few photos to share from Honolulu!

This is the picture of the ocean & palm trees from our room balcony.  We are on the 9th floor.  Isn't it beautiful!!  Now this is what I think of you when you say the words paradise.  

Wednesday

This is a picture I took at the Polynesian Cultural Center when we did a tour there on Wednesday!
They did a parade of the different cultures of us......it was so neat.  Here are a few of the floats.

There was way more to see here at the Polynesian Cultural Center than we had time to do.  It is a beautiful place. 

Here are a couple photos of us riding on the raft.....check us out in the back row!

Thursday

On Thursday we went to Pearl Harbor for the day.  It was awesome!!  It is so humbling that so many lost their lives there.  We got head sets with recordings on them, for all of the different exhibits.  This was great & so informative. 

Here are a few pictures I took at Pearl Harbor.

It was sprinkling when we got there & thus the outcome was a beautiful rainbow across the ocean.

This the the USS Arizona Memorial.   We road on a boat to get out to see.

Shown here is oil in the water........there is approximately 2 quarts of oil that is still coming up to the surface each day from the ship wreck that was on 12/7/1941.  

This is a part of the USS Arizona that is still in the water.  

All of this was just so humbling.....and sad to think of all that happened there that day.  It is a huge part of our history.

Friday

On Friday we went on a hike up the mountain at Diamond Head.  We walked a total of 3.5 miles up the mountain & back down.  It was a rough walk......with lots of rocks, steps & curves.   But look at the amazing view we had when we made it to the top!!

You can see the teal & blue ocean water.

Here is one of the many sets of steep steps we climbed up & back down.

And here is one the of the tunnels we had to walk up & back through to get down.

Deke going down in front of me.

And here is a picture of my friend, BJ Peters & me at the bottom, after we had completed our hike!