Paradise Day#5

Wednesday we headed to Pearl Harbor. This was definitely an all day event. We first got on a bus to take us to the USS Missouri Battleship. The bus driver was hilarious. He was this hawaiian guy and he had a walkie talkie radio that he talked into. He was supposed to say "And to the right is the tower..etc.etc.." like a tour guide, but instead he gives this long dreaded sound and then spits out his lines very quickly. Steve and I thought he was hilarious! we were laughing so hard. I so wish I had taken a picture of him. He made the ride really entertaining.

Anyway, the drive was only 10 min long and we got onto the USS Missouri. The Battleship was SO big. The tour guide on the ship reminded us a lot of Grandpa Ford. The tour guide was super knowledgeable and he told us history of the ship as we looked through it.

After the tour we went back onto the bus and it took us to the Airfield Museum. The museum was really awesome. It actually just barely opened a couple days prior to us getting there. We were able to see full size airplanes,read stories about true events,watch a documentary on Pearl Harbor and even go inside the airplane hanger that still had bullet holes in the glass windows from the attack of Pearl Harbor.

It was really awesome to see history in real life. All this made us really appreciate what our service men and women do for us.

In the museum we ate lunch at a cute airplane diner.

Before we knew it, it was already 2:00pm and we still wanted to go to Aloha Stadium before the swap meet closed. So we headed over there. Luckily, it's just across the street.

We got some really good deals there! I scored me some board shorts for only 10 bucks and then I got me some cute jewelry.:)

The swap meet closed an hour later, so we decided we would go back to the resort and switch into our swim gear so we could go to the beach!

We wanted to try and explore all the different beaches on the island, so we drove around looking for a good beach. As we were driving, Steve spotted some whales breaching in the ocean. Unfortunately, I missed it-but I'm glad Steve got to see it!

We found a park on the west coast, and I can't remember the real name of it. We all just called it Paradise Park. So that's what I'll call it. So we went to Paradise Park and we thought we would try boogie boarding there. The waves were 8-10ft high! There was NO WAY I was going to try boogie boarding my first time on waves that high. So we laid out our towels and watched the surfers and the young kids boogie board. It's pretty awesome how great of swimmers the natives are there. They would swim in those huge waves as if they were nothing. The ocean is seriously there playground. Steve thought it looked really fun, so he couldn't help himself and jumped right in! He was pounded into the sand a couple times, so he quickly came back in. :) He looked so cute though. He jumped right into the water just like a little kid and he was so excited!

We sat on the beach for a couple hours, just talking and laughing. Also watching the kids and the surfers. Before we knew it the sun was starting to slowly go down.

It was SO pretty. I just kept thinking, how lucky are we to be able to experience this right now. Heavenly Father created such a pretty place.

We jumped back into the car and made our way to Chili's for dinner. After we ate and went back to the resort Steve and I took a walk around the resort. Looking up at the night sky and hearing the ocean waves pounding. It was really nice. Holding hands with my best friend.