Tuesday morning we woke up early and headed over to Pearl Harbor. We had a two hour wait until we could go to the U.S.S. Arizona so we went to the Aviation Museum to see some of the planes that were flown during WWII. The planes were cool to see, but it was a little disappointing considering what we paid and how small the museum was.
Jon was very intrigued by the oil that is still leaking from the sunken ship. They said that around 2 gallons leaks everyday. Jon thinks that it symbolizes a living memory to all of those that sacrificed for us.
After Pearl Harbor we were starving so we stopped by Leonard's Bakery and got half a dozen Malasadas which are a delicious donut type pastry filled with custard and creams. I'm not usually a fan of donuts, but these were so good. We had no problem eating all 6 for lunch!
It was well worth it once we got to the top. The view was amazing.
We made it back down and drove to Waikiki beach where we threw the football around and then went to Teddy's Bigger Burgers for dinner. Wow, writing this is making me realize why we both gained weight throughout the week! I don't think we could have eaten any worse than we did, but it was so worth it!
Wednesday we slept in and then went running down the beach. It was a little hot and humid, but I still managed to have a pretty good run. We then drove back to Waikiki and went parasailing!
I was a little nervous at first, but quickly realized that there was nothing to be afraid of. You just stand on the back of the boat and as it starts going you go up in the air. For some reason I was thinking that you had to start in the water and I'm not a fan of swimming in the open ocean with the sharks!
Our driver thought it would be funny to dip us into the water and get us a little wet. It actually felt pretty good!
After an 8 minute ride we made it back to the boat safely. It ended up being really fun and we were glad that we decided to do it.
Once we made it back to land we were hungry so we stopped at Zippy's and got a Zip Pack, something that Jon was told he had to try. It was okay, but nothing to brag about. We then headed over to Hanauma Bay to go snorkeling. I have never been skorkeling and was a little worried about not being able to stay afloat very long and sinking! I know, I have problems! Jon reassured me that we were going to be in salt water and have fins on and that it would be fine. I was suprised to find out that he was right- you really do just float on top of the water. The only time I would sink was when I came up to clear my mask!
Snorkeling was really fun! Jon spotted a sea turtle and we saw lots of fish, but just swimming out there together was the best part!
When we got this picture back from our water camera we laughed so hard we were almost crying! Gotta love a good snorkel gear shot!!!
We walked back to the top of the bay and changed our clothes since we were soaking wet. It was St. Patrick's Day so we had to sport our St. Patty's attire. Jon actually had a shirt with a shamrock on it as well, but he spilled ketchup all over it at Zippy's (I don't think he was that sad about it)! Luckily, he had a backup green shirt in the car!
The traffic through Honolulu was always bad, so Jon had the idea that we should drive around the East side of the island up through North Shore and back around to get back to our hotel. It was a beautiful drive- we loved that side of the island- and after 3 hours we made it back! It took a little longer than we thought, but was well worth it. We were getting pretty hungry when we got to North Shore so we decided to make a stop at Ted's Barkley for the 2nd time on our trip. It was actually called Ted's Bakery, but when the concierge lady was telling us about it she tried to write it down and couldn't figure out how to spell bakery, so after looking at it for a while she was satisfied with 'Barkley'. Jon and I of course had to call it that the rest of the trip!
Ted's Barkley had the BEST garlic shrimp. They catch it fresh and then cook it in butter and garlic and put parmesan cheese all over the top. We couldn't get enough of it!
We eventually made it back to the hotel and went swimming and sat in the hot tub. It was a great ending to a really fun day!
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5 comments:
Another fun day! All that food sounds so good! It looks so beautiful there, like another world. I would be so scared to hang glide off the back of the boat but I would love to try it someday. That is crazy about the oil leaking. Does it leak into the ocean?
Oh and I love that you're wearing our sporty brown sugar Commits in some of the pictures. Don't you just love them??
And I also forgot to comment on how amazing it is that you were so close to a Target. It's like a little piece of heaven on the island, you know?
Ohhh, someday we'll make it on a vacation like that. Although, it scares me that I wouldn't want to go home! Looks like you guys had great time!
That looks so fun. I am a little okay a lot...jealous!
Sarah! Were we all there at the same time??!! We just got home this morning from 9 days on Oahu. I'm missing it already! We, too, snorkeled at Hanauma and stayed in the town right next to Haleiwa the whole time we were there! Sounds like you had a great trip, though! Isn't it the best? We had shave ice every day and Aoki's was our favorite. Yum!
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