So now that I have been home for a week and have my feet some what back under me I will try to account a little bit about my vacation. I need to do a some what decent job so in a few months from now when I really can't remember anything at all I am able to refer back here and remember!
To start I am not a huge fan of flying, it doesn't scare me per say its just not fun for me either. Here we are ready to leave for vacation from the Cleveland airport. We had to get up by 4 a.m. to be to the airport on time to get through security and such. So our flying day started at 4 a.m. eastern standard time and ended in Hawaii at 9:00 p.m. Hawaiian time which is six hours different than eastern standard time. We were tired and ready for some dinner and then bed. You don't get food served on the plane any more you have pay $10 for the sandwich they were serving, at least drinks were free though and we had brought some snacks for the plane ride. SO we land in Hawaii in the dark and the rain and are ready for our ride to the Hotel. We flew in Honolulu on the Island of Oahu and spend three days on this Island. While we we
re there we saw Waikiki Beach, and let me tell you the different kinds of people who are there are just crazy. A group of 6-8 girls who were as white as I am with coconut bras on and grass skirts. Dark Hawaii natives carrying their surf boards in their bikinis. And a bunch of tourists, me one of them, who are buying flip flops and other trinkets just for the heck of it.
re there we saw Waikiki Beach, and let me tell you the different kinds of people who are there are just crazy. A group of 6-8 girls who were as white as I am with coconut bras on and grass skirts. Dark Hawaii natives carrying their surf boards in their bikinis. And a bunch of tourists, me one of them, who are buying flip flops and other trinkets just for the heck of it. We also we
nt to Diamond Head, the volcano crater that blew its top a long time ago, and hike the one mile up and saw amazing sights and really felt the awesomeness of God's creation! The American Army also had some bunkers from way back that they had set up in the mountain to look out of enemy ships so we were able to go into one of them and look out at the ocean. There is a beautiful lighthouse that we saw down below
and so we just had to take a picture of that. I think that Tim ended up with 1300 or more pictures from the trip so we have a lit of little random things that Tim thought we should get pictures of! I got my first sun burn hiking diamond head. A small spot on my neck, because although I was trying for a tan I did not it to come on all at once and be a burn. So only a small portion of my neck got burnt, not to bad for being out in the sun of Hawaii. A little side note here that although Hawaii has sun, it also has clouds and lots of them. Because of the mountain systems on the Islands they each have their own climate and so on and even their own climates around the islands. Its was very different from what I had imagines in my head. Well I think I will end this update here and tell you about the Arizona WWII Memorial another day and include with that the USS Missouri.
nt to Diamond Head, the volcano crater that blew its top a long time ago, and hike the one mile up and saw amazing sights and really felt the awesomeness of God's creation! The American Army also had some bunkers from way back that they had set up in the mountain to look out of enemy ships so we were able to go into one of them and look out at the ocean. There is a beautiful lighthouse that we saw down below
and so we just had to take a picture of that. I think that Tim ended up with 1300 or more pictures from the trip so we have a lit of little random things that Tim thought we should get pictures of! I got my first sun burn hiking diamond head. A small spot on my neck, because although I was trying for a tan I did not it to come on all at once and be a burn. So only a small portion of my neck got burnt, not to bad for being out in the sun of Hawaii. A little side note here that although Hawaii has sun, it also has clouds and lots of them. Because of the mountain systems on the Islands they each have their own climate and so on and even their own climates around the islands. Its was very different from what I had imagines in my head. Well I think I will end this update here and tell you about the Arizona WWII Memorial another day and include with that the USS Missouri.
2 comments:
Cindy,
I've been waiting to hear about your trip! tell more!!
somehow i am just NOW reading about your HI trip. shame on me! i'm so glad it sounds like you had a great time, even if the trip out was L O N G. i remember being surprised by the weather/clouds in HI, too. i can't wait to hear more!
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