Since we didn't rent a car we rode TheBus. It was less than $10 each way for all four of us. And it took us an hour and a half each way, but it allowed us to just sit back, relax, and see the sites and not worry about traffic.
I don't know if it is the tourists or the residents, but drivers in Honolulu (not sure about the rest of Oahu) were freakin looney! We saw quite a few accidents, more near accidents, many red lights being ran, pedistrians nearly getting hit. There was once we started across the street (with the signal at a crosswalk) and then Robert grabbed me and pulled me back a step as a red car came zooming right in front of me. The car ran the red light, and not just a little. It had been red for quite a bit and he was going fast.
Anyways, back to Pearl Harbor. There are quite a few photos so with minimal words...
Learning about the torpedos. I've been getting a lot of "looks" and comments when people find/found out we pulled the kids out of school for a week to go to Hawaii. So yes, we did. The school year is almost over, they both do really well in school, I had their teachers hold their homework (which they have already made up today after school), and they learned a lot some of which they learned at Pearl Harbor.
Very large anchor.
Going up into the command center of a submarine
Oohh, what do these switches do?
Daddy getting in on the fun.
Meanwhile I'm fascinated by the flowers in Hawaii. I LOVED these trees with these flowers!
Ooh, big gun!
Happy hubby. No Robert, you can't have one of your own.
Carus manning the other gun.
Adam's turn.
The type of gun it was and the stats on it.
144/365 - Family photo courtesy of a bench and the camera's self timer.
Carus with one of those flowers in her hair. (What kind of tree/flower where these?)
Retired submarine that you can go aboard and check out (for like $30 per person for a guided tour, we did not do the tour).
Another gun, actually I think this one is a missile launcher.
Miniature of the U.S.S. Arizona. In this little museum there was a video about what happened December 7, 1941 and after watching it Carus asked (with tears in her eyes) "Why did they attack us?" The video didn't really explain and my explanations weren't enough to satisfy her. Thankfully the video they showed before the ferry ride out to the sunken ship explained it further and answered her questions.
Adam on the ferry ride out to the U.S.S. Arizona.
Carus on the ferry out to the U.S.S. Arizona.
U.S.S. Missouri. We also did not visit this one - but we should have. Excuse to go back, right?
Sunken ship
Sunken ship
"To the Memory of the Gallant Men Here Entombed and Their Shipmates Who Gave Their Lives in Action December 7, 1941 on the U.S.S. Arizona."
Wall of names.
Adam and Carus in front of the wall of names.
Ferry ride back.
Our Navy drivers.
The other ferry.
Pearl Harbor - Just can't find the right word to describe our visit. I'm so glad we went, so glad we taught our kids about such a monumental moment in our country's history...
