Friday April 14 one more fun filled day before I head back to Chi-Town.

Today we visited Pearl Harbor. There are memorials on this Navy Base dedicated to those who were killed during the Japanese attack in 1941. Daddy told me to look for his cousin Archie Callahan Jr.'s name. He was only 18 years old when he was killed while on duty aboard the Battleship USS Oklahoma. Here is the picture of the plaque with his name on it. I called Daddy while I was there to tell him I found his cousin's name.

Here an old control tower at Pearl Harbor.











Later that night we went to a luau. It was at the Polynesian Cultural Center. We saw how they roasted a whole pig in the ground. I don't think we ate that actual pig. There was a huge buffet with lots yummy Hawaiian food. I learned alot about the Polynesian culture at this center.




Now it's time to say good-bye!
Or should I say Aloha! That means good bye also. Here I am hugging a palm tree (sniff, sniff).







Before I go I want to show you some cool things around Hawaii!


The city bus is actually named "The Bus". I thought that was cute.









This is a banyan tree.









An exotic bird.













Many different palm trees.








Here is an elementary school.
It is at the foot of one of those beautiful mountains.
(Wish my school was at the foot of a beautiful mountain-instead of a next to a L train station!)







There's my plane!
Aloha!






I didn't get to see Keith again. When I was on the base Friday, he was out in the field at the shooting range. But I did talk to him over the phone and he said he will be home for a 30 day leave sometime in May.

Since I didn't get any pictures of Keith, I found this picture of JJ and Keith from back in the day playing Superman. Little did they know back then, that they will be in the same Marine battalion.

Hiking the Mountains Trails in Hawaii!

JJ had to work during the week so he booked hiking trail tours for me.

On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I went on three different trails in the mountains.

I was a part of a group of twelve with a guide.

This is the trail that I went on Monday.
Don't even ask me how to pronounce the name of it!








This picture was taken when we made it to the top of the mountain. Our guide is pointing to a mountain top across the way. That is the mountain that I hiked up on Tuesday.

We walked through giant bamboo. They sounded like giant wind chimes as the wind blew them.

On Tuesday we hiked deep into a rain forest and climb a mountain side to see a very tall water fall.

It really rains in the rain forest.
Our guide gave us punchos.

Hiking through all of that rain and mud and slippery rocks was all worth it when I finally saw that giant water fall.

I wish you all were there to see how tall this water fall is.

Stephen Speilberg used this water fall in The Lost World: Jurassic Park.

On Wednesday I went with a group to another part of the island to Kualoa Ranch. It is a huge ranch with lots of outdoor activities to do. JJ booked the movie set tour for me. On this property they filmed many movies and TV shows. I got to see where they film parts of the TV show "LOST".

This is from the movie "Godzilla". That hole in the ground is one of his footprints.

This a spot from a scene in Jurassic Park.

Come back to see my next post!

JJ and I went swimming with the dolphins on Sunday. The dolophin swim was at Sea Life Park. We were not in the ocean but in a huge salt water pool. Our pictures were taken but I have to scan them onto a CD to upload them to this Blog. I will do that when I am back in Chicago. But I found these pictures on the Internet to give you some idea what we did.

We were swimming with a dolphin named Itsy Bitsy.


She gave us kisses.








She did dolphin tricks right in front of us while we were in the water.












She took us for a ride while holding on to her.












Also on Sunday we went on a submarine named the Atlantis, that took us to the bottom of the Pacific.


This is the boat that took us to the submarine.

When I first saw this boat. I thought of the "Gilligan's Island" theme song. Remember the part that said "they set sail for a three hour tour....! "




Here's the top of the
sub.








We had to climb down a ladder to the bottom.










This is the inside of the
sub.

We traveled 120 feet below sea level.

Here are a few pictures that I took.

Here fishy, fishy!

Can you see the sea turtle?

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Greetings from Cpl. Floyd Knight

(I saw Keith Saturday night but I left the camera in the car and didn't get his picture, but I should see him again Thursday.)









Here is a gorgeous scene along a Hawaiian expressway. The mountains are covered with so many green trees and vines and things.








Along the highway there are look out points where you can pull over and take a look at all the beautiful scenery.








Lookie here...it's an aloe vera plant!







My next post will have pictures of our submarine adventure that we took on Sunday and also our swimming with a Dolphin adventure. BIG FUN !!!!!

ALOHA!

Here I am in Hawaii! Hey look what JJ put around my neck at the airport!

This is Chicago along Lake Michigan the day before I left for Hawaii! Brrr! It was a cold and blustery 30 something degree day.

This is what was waiting for me along the beach in Waikiki. It was about a warm 77 degrees.

COME BACK TOMORROW TO SEE WHAT I DID NEXT !