Hanauma Bay and Pearl Harbor

Angela manning the 4 inch deck gun on the USS Bowfin

Angela and I on the upper deck of the USS Bowfin

Angela learning to run a WWII submarine

Panoramic View of Hanauma Bay

Great day of snorkeling. We went to Hanauma Bay to start off the day. Angela is now a two day veteran of standing in ankle deep ocean water, so we decided to raise the bar and see if she can snorkel.

She tried it and was a quick learner. She became a snorkeling champ in just minutes. We took pictures, but we used the primitive film camera so it may be a few days before the underwater pictures are available.

We sun bathed a little, then headed off to Pearl Harbor. One suggestion for Pearl Harbor - fire the lady working the information booth at 1430 on 3-19-10. She was very unfriendly and not helpful at all. Not a good ambassador for a national war memorial.

We chose to visit the USS Bowfin. It was launched on December 7th, 1942 - one year after the strike at Pearl. It was known as the Pearl Harbor Avenger.

The Missouri was not available due to our late arrival. Tomorrow we'll go to Ford Island by private vehicle (with Stacy's military permit) and see the USS Oklahoma Memorial, the USS Missouri (anchored at Pearl), and the USS Utah Memorial.

Tomorrow we're gonna head to the windward side for beach, sea turtles, whale watching, and possibly ocean kayaking.