Pearl Harbor Tour

On Wednesday Chuck, Grandmother and Granddaddy headed over to the Bishop Museum to take in some Hawaiian History.

Lunch at the museum, overlooking downtown Honolulu.

That evening we had dinner with a family friend at Haleiwa Joe's.

Next day we took a Pearl Harbor remembrance tour offered to military members from the Pacific Fleet Boat House.  The boat house is home to Commander, Pacific Fleet's barge and is used for tours of special guests and other official functions.

The boat house located on the northern edge of Pearl Harbor.

The Admiral's Barge.  This barge has hosted every President, save two, since Eisenhower.  No, we didn't ride on this vessel.

The tour drives by the USS UTAH and USS NEVADA Memorials before stopping at the USS ARIZONA memorial.  

The USS UTAH memorial on Ford Island.  You can see part of the hull out of the water just to the right of the woman's head.

The USS NEVADA Memorial.  This spot on Hospital Point, Pearl Harbor Naval Base where NEVADA ran aground to avoid blocking the channel.

One of the ARIZONA's gun tubs right next to the memorial.

Oil still leaking from the hull - "Tears of the ARIZONA"

Four of us on the memorial.

After picking up the boys at school we wandered over to the Pacific Aviation Museum on Ford Island.  Inexplicably, the Doolittle Raiders exhibit did not mention Lake Murray.

Later in the afternoon we headed over to buy Zach his first bike.  He picked out a Thomas the Train bike, of course.