Day 15 - Waiting for the Airplane

My plane did not leave until 4, so I had some time to roam.  I went back through the ABCs again and some other random tourist stops.  If I had more room in my bag, I would have bought some more stuff, but it is a good thing that I did not because when I weighed my bag at the airport it was 50.5 lbs.  The lady was nice enough to ignore it... whew.

I did break down and buy a Hawaiian Shaved Ice...otherwise known as a Snow cone. They are very proud of their Shaved Ice and proud of the fact that add ice cream to it.  It kind of made me laugh.  Uncle French started adding ice cream to his show cones when I was in Junior High.  The the girl just kept adding more and more and more ice.  I made a little tunnel to the ice cream.

I walked out on the walk that went out over the water.  I saw some fish.  

The flight back home was OK.  I was SO cold the entire flight.  They gave me an extra blanket, but it was just not enough.  The guy that I was sitting next to was leaving his home in Hawaii to go to Florida...hummm...seems a little backwards.

Great trip, but I am still exhausted :-)  Until the next adventure!  Hopefully, next summer I will be writing My Hawaiian Field Studies 2.0.

Day 14 - Pearl Harbor and Surfing

Pearl Harbor - When we got there (at 10 AM), out ticket over to the Memorial was not until 11:15 AM.  I had plenty of time to wander around.  I wandered to the 2 Gift Shops, placards, and random military things placed around the facility. I was sure how I was going to feel there.

Jeff wanted a book from there.  There were quite a few authors there, but there was one gentleman and book that caught my attention.  He signed the book for Jeff and declared that this was the "real" story of the attach on Pearl Harbor.  There was a biography of a survivor of Pearl Harbor was in the back and he also signed the book.

I was fine until they funneled us into a theater and showed us a video of the event leading up to the Attack on Pearl Harbor and the aftermath. I know if did not take much to make it super sad, but it was definitely super sad.  The boat trip was short and the memorial was pretty small, but the back wall with all of the names of those that lost their life there was humbling.  

Surfing - I finally get to surf.  There were only 4 people in my group, so it was a nice small group.  The worst part was paddling out to the waves.  I got up each time.  I finally decided to not ride the waves too far in because it was such a pain to paddle back out.  It was a lot of fun!  I was so focused on not falling, that I did not let myself enjoy it enough.  Next time will be better :-)  Here are a few non-flattering pictures.

Ah...so much fun!  I am ready to surf again.

Sunset - I finally get a chance to watch and photography a sunset at the beach. So pretty...