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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

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...






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