Hula Girls

I bought the girls little Hula Skirts and they modeled them for me in the back yard. Mahalo!

Hawaii Trip

Aloha! What a wonderful trip we had to Honolulu, HI. We stayed about 2 blocks from the Waikiki Beach. We left on Wednesday morning to take the 6 hour plane ride from Phoenix to Honolulu. On our way there we gained 3 hours which really sucks when we came home. Rick had to work Thurs & Fri so I did what I do best...layed on the Waikiki Beach and got a nice tan, jumped in the waves, & read my book. Each night we would hit the stores & restaurants on the up scale strip in Waikiki. Very different from 16 years ago when I was here in college. Ok, so the 1st day I burned my back side. I guess Hawaii has a much stronger sun then Phoenix. I could barely sit for days. Then Sat we headed to Sandy Beach to jump the waves. I ended up with SOOOO much sand in places I can't mention because the waves were so big. Rick was loving it :). Then we made our way around the entire island stopping at random beaches along the way. We ate yummy island shrimp from the locals & stopped @ the Dole Plantation to eat Pineapple ice cream. Sun we visited the Pearl Harbor submarine & Missouri ship which was very interesting. Rick was a great tour guide since he understands what it all is. I included pic's too. I could never live in such tight quarters. This is what Dan Bartron used to live like as the Master Chief for the Navy. He got to stay in the nicer quarters being so high up in ranks. Impressive. That night we watched the sunset @ the beach and watched Hula dancers do a show on the beach. Mon we went snorkeling at Hunama Bay & then saw 1 turtle @ Turtle Beach. Tue we ate lunch with one of Kathy's old friends which was nice and then I flew back home. Ricky is flying home as we speak. It was a wonderful getaway...I recommend to each of you.