Hawaiian Excursions

Lee and I definitely took advantage of seeing all the Hawaiian islands. One of our first stops was the USS Arizona Memorial. This memorial sits above the battleship Arizona which was struck by Japanese bombers during the Pearl Harbor attack in 1941.....it is a living cemetary for those who perished and whose bodies are still contained within the ship....it was extremely moving!

Afterwards we took a tour of Oahu and saw many "tourist" sights such as wai-kiki beach, the court building famously photographed in Hawaii 5-0,

and Diamond Head

When we visited the island of Lahaina, Maui, we rented a Jeep and drove the road to Hana which was a trip that our son Michael and his wife had taken on their honeymoon. Notice the license plate...how cool is that! We traveled through an amazing rain forest which looked quite prehistoric...there were many switchbacks and one lane bridges which made traveling to Hana very challenging. I am glad to say that Lee did a wonderful job.