So we are both in Hawaii right now... I know, I know... why am I blogging while in Hawaii?! Well..... it is almost 10:00 p.m. and we are back in our hotel room for the night. We went to the AFB (Air Force Base) today and picked up some things and then went over and drove around Ford Island. We got some cool pictures of old military sights and some of the USS Missouri. We drove over to Sand Island and walked along the beach there looking for cool shells and rocks and such... We found lots!! Gary had already been here just under a week when I got here and had been snorkeling almost every day! I'm jealous because we have only been snorkeling once since I got here and it is so neat!! We are going again tomorrow though and hopefully again on Saturday morning before I fly out at noon! hahaha We went to Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial a couple of days ago... Very neat! There is so much military history here in Hawaii that is off the beaten path for tourists! We drove one of the highways that goes around the island and stopped at a place that we though looked like it would have some neat views and when we got out of the car we noticed some odd 'holes' in the side of the mountain area... we climbed up to one of them and realized they were old firing positions for incoming ships! Maybe these things are more interesting to us because of the fact that we are a military family, but it is so neat to just happen upon those kinds of things!
The weather has been fairly nice for us... it rained on us a little bit today but then the sun came back out! We are having a great time and are so glad that we got the chance to do this!! Hope you all are enjoying your end of summer/first few weeks back to school!!
