Drive around the island

Angela and Jennifer at the Halona Blowhole

The Mighty Mo - USS Missouri BB63

The USS Utah Memorial

Angela standing at the site of the WWII surrender aboard the USS Missouri

Angela with the Crouching Lion. Wonderful Eats!



What a big day.

We saw the USS Utah, USS Oklahoma, and the USS Missouri Memorials on Ford Island. Angela wanted to go onto the Missouri so we did the tour. She had so much fun. The staff here is awesome. You can self tour (just walk around), do a self guided audio tour (with a audio player - you just punch in the numbers painted all over the boat), an iPod tour (again self guided with a provided iPod that does more multimedia stuff), and / or a guided tour with a volunteer. Yes - you can do all four for the same price of $20. What a bargain! We crawled all over the boat and saw a few things we missed last time.

Next Jennifer, Angela and I saddled up for a ride around the island. Oahu has not completed the Ka'ena Point road, so we struck out through the central valley. We stopped at the Dole plantation for pineapple ice cream then off to the North Shore. We saw some sea turtles playing in the surf. Then drive along the shore at a nice pace. We stopped at a GREAT restaurant. The Crouching Lion Inn. The food was awesome. Jennifer and I had the surf and turf. Ate outside in the cool breeze. They had some birds and rabbits in the restaurant. A talking parrot. There was a bar underneath that was attracting bikers. The service was great. Just can't saw enough. Please stop in when you are here.

Lastly, we were off to see if we could see some whales at sunset. We tried the White Sands Beach, but no luck. The south shore waves were very high. As we were leaving the beach, we saw many beach parties starting up. Looked like fun!

At the last possible minute, I tuned into the Halona Blowhole. I stopped to take a few pictures of the water shooting out of the hole, but we got so much more. WHALES!! Jennifer has been wanting to see whales for years. A local lady told us they were off shore and pointed them out. We stuck around for 30 minutes and watched 3-4 pods playing about 1/2 mile off shore. Really cool.

Finally we got back to the Soutter's house around 8pm. What a day! WHEW

Tomorrow, the brown sugar beach at Bellows Air Force Base.