We all had a good day today and tonight finds us all tired. Today we visited Pearl Harbor--which is always sobering. We learn some thing new every time we visit the Arizona Memorial; this time was no different. It is amazing to us to think about how patriotic everyone was back then. Everyone wanted to serve the USA. Even during the war young women of 17 were involved with helping the war efforts. Looking at the pictures and hearing the stories makes you realize it was a different era than we have today. Josh and Kaija also did the Missouri. We opted out of that as not only have we been on the Missouri many times growing up while it was docked in Bremerton, but we went through the whole ship with Aaron and Matt in '99.
Aaron and Lauren did not go to Pearl Harbor with their little kids. They went to Aloha Flea Market instead, then headed back to condo for the kids to nap.
We made it to the flea Market 12:30 and were able to purchase a few items. I mentioned to James that I was glad the kids were with us because now we did not have to bring home any trinkets for them.
All 12 of us met up together at Lanikai Beach in Kailua on the east side of the island in the late afternoon. It was here that after swimming in the ocean for a while, it started to rain. The hardest rain came while we were dining across the street at Buzz's Steakhouse on Marlin, Mahi Mahi, steak, scampi, etc. it just poured!
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