Tonight, Monday night, is our last night in Waikiki, Ouahu. We've had a great time, but we are ready to get back to normal life. We've spent almost every morning lazing around after our McDonald's run. Then around 10:00 am, we start deciding what to do during the day.
Friday, we visited the USS Missouri Battleship. This is the ship where the treaty ending WWII was signed. I took a picture of Troy standing where General McArther sat as he signed. Before we went to the museum, Troy humored me by taking me to lunch at Wally Ho's Garage and Grill. Troy said later that he had a little bit of indigestion. I said, "Really?!?! I can't imagine why after eating at Wally Ho's Garage and Grill!" You should have seen the look he gave me!
Troy worked part of the days on Saturday and Sunday. I shopped on Saturday and spent all day at the beach Sunday, where I got a bit of a nasty sunburn.
Sunday was our anniversary so we walked down the street to P.F. Changs to eat dinner and then window shopped on the way back.
Today, we drove up to the North Shore, known for it's huge pipeline surfing. Not many large waves today, so we drove along the shoreline back to Waikiki.
I think we've had a great vacation. I've always heard that a great vacation is the kind that you've enjoyed but that you are ready to go home when it's time to go home. That would be the best description of this vacation.
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Friday, September 26, 2008
Wow, I'm in Hawaii, Part Three!
9/26/08
Troy and I spent a luxurious couple of hours on the beach yesterday. It was very relaxing! When I got too hot, I would go sit in the sand and let the waves cool me off. After the beach, Troy went to the room to take a nap and I went window shopping. We then went to a luau.
Major impressions of my experience at the Luau:
1. Kind of Hoaky but overall fun.
2. The fun was enhanced by the three drink tickets. :)
3. Poi is gross.
4. The moves Hula dancers make with their hips is impressive and illegal in 5 states!
Troy and I spent a luxurious couple of hours on the beach yesterday. It was very relaxing! When I got too hot, I would go sit in the sand and let the waves cool me off. After the beach, Troy went to the room to take a nap and I went window shopping. We then went to a luau.
Major impressions of my experience at the Luau:
1. Kind of Hoaky but overall fun.
2. The fun was enhanced by the three drink tickets. :)
3. Poi is gross.
4. The moves Hula dancers make with their hips is impressive and illegal in 5 states!
Wow, I'm in Hawai'i, Part Two!
9/25/08
What can I way about the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor that hasn't already been said? Tears stung my eyes and a lump caught in my throat as I walked through the doorway of the white hallow tombstone which divides the USS Arizona graveyard into two separate sections. One of the things that moved me the most was the list of names of men who had actually survived the Pearl Harbor attack but had asked to be buried not with their family on the mainland, but here with their brothers. The loss of their comrades had haunted them their whole lives to the point that they wanted to be with them again.
Troy and I needed the rest yesterday morning so we didn't get to Pearl Harbor in time to visit the aviation museum or the USS Missouri. We are going back to do that on Friday. On the way back to the hotel, I spotted a roadside attraction called Wally Ho's Garage and Grill! Now I'm on a mission to eat at Wally Ho's on Friday! I bought a new swimsuit at Walmart and have plans to put it into action today. I love plus size Samoan women! These stores have much better large size clothing than Denver does!
What can I way about the USS Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor that hasn't already been said? Tears stung my eyes and a lump caught in my throat as I walked through the doorway of the white hallow tombstone which divides the USS Arizona graveyard into two separate sections. One of the things that moved me the most was the list of names of men who had actually survived the Pearl Harbor attack but had asked to be buried not with their family on the mainland, but here with their brothers. The loss of their comrades had haunted them their whole lives to the point that they wanted to be with them again.
Troy and I needed the rest yesterday morning so we didn't get to Pearl Harbor in time to visit the aviation museum or the USS Missouri. We are going back to do that on Friday. On the way back to the hotel, I spotted a roadside attraction called Wally Ho's Garage and Grill! Now I'm on a mission to eat at Wally Ho's on Friday! I bought a new swimsuit at Walmart and have plans to put it into action today. I love plus size Samoan women! These stores have much better large size clothing than Denver does!
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