Oahu Adventure (Part One) July 20th

This morning we flew out of Kona to the island of Oahu. Upon landing I discovered that Oahu is almost the exact opposite of what I've been experiencing in Kona. Honolulu is a tall city, with a TON of people and building right up to the beach. The mountains around even look so much older than Kona's, even alot older than Maui's mountains. It was really neat to get to see this island.

We got our rental car, which got upgraded free to a convertible :o) and headed off towards Waikiki.

After battling traffic on a three laned road (something I haven't seen since being here) we dropped Jackson at the beach and headed back to Pearl Harbor. Unfortunately we arrived to late in the day (12:30) to get a ticket for the USS Arizona Memorial, so we had to view it from afar. We were able to enjoy the rest of the museum and go onto the SS-Bowfin, a submarine that is now part of the museum.

Its pretty incredible to walk through the museum and see the lists of names of people that were killed that morning. The artifacts they have recovered are amazing, and the excerpts they have from sailors that were there are incredible. It was a great museum to visit.

The Bowfin was really cool too. It reminded me alot of the Midway (aircraft carrier) that we visited in San Diego, only everything is much more compact and closer together. I could not imagine living on that ship with a full crew, it would be so crowded!


After the museum Richard and I headed back into Waikiki to find Jackson. We parked and walked along the beach shops for a little while, then along the beach to intercept him, we met up at a bar and grill and had dinner. I tried a new fish: Opah, it was delicious! As it was getting late we drove back and found our hotel and learned 85$ doesn't go far in Honolulu, it was fine, but very small, just enough to fit two beds and a tv and dresser. However it worked out just fine and being on the 24th floor we had a pretty awesome view of the city.