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Hawaii post 18/20 (almost done!)
After the Lighthouse Trail, we pulled over to eat our lunch in the car (because it was still raining). We watched the surfers for a bit and when it stopped raining we walked over to a lookout next to the beach. Apparently the film From Here to Eternity (1958) had a scene filmed there. I had to take my dad and Leslie’s word for it because I’ve never seen the movie!
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Post 17/20 of our Hawaii trip! We did this paved, fairly easy to walk trail one foggy morning. It was pretty popular and we saw a lot of other families and groups throughout the trip. The kids did better with this hike than others but I was still giving piggy back rides before we reached the top. The trail actually went above the lighthouse too, amazing views! We lucked out with the weather as it started pouring as soon as we made it back to the car!
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So I didn’t even finish all of our Hawaii pictures :-O Fitting to share these now because my dad and Leslie were just in NY visiting family for the week. Miss them already!
We headed Paradise Cove one drizzly morning (my lens kept fogging up). We had fun swimming for a bit and then a VERY territorial monk seal came up on the beach and started barking at everyone. All the beach goers moved to a different end of the cove and the seal followed, grunting and barking again. He really didn’t want anyone on his beach!
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Taking a break from sharing our Hawaii trip, there are still so many more photos to go through!
Before we left, we had the chance to go to Bristol’s open house. It’s a lawn and garden center that holds a spring event every year for families. The kids loved it, I thought it was pretty cute too. There was a bounce house, crafts, animals and of course all the cool plants and flowers to look at.
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My dad and Leslie took us out to one of their favorite restaurants. It definitely got points for atmosphere, I kept waiting for a mermaid to pop out of the water! I had the coconut shrimp, it was delicious!
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We had the chance to tour the battleship USS Missouri while in Pearl Harbor.
The top tower was being renovated/repainted so we couldn’t get into it but everything else was super impressive. The gun turrets were huge…our tour guide told us that if you had been on deck when they fired there would be nothing left of you, literally.
Our tour guide was phenomenal, I wish I remembered his name! He was like an encyclopedia!
I don’t have Snapchat but saw this and it made me giggle.
The Missouri began service towards the end of WWII and it saw several tours through the decades. It was modernized in the 80s and ended service in Desert Storm. In 1998 the battleship began its career as a museum. I love the way they left the ship, as it had served in the early 90s. This “Plan of the Day” was posted to the bulletin board in one of the hallways. Make sure to get your breakfast bright and early!
Andy checking things out. The ship was like a city at sea complete with a bakery, soda shop, doctors and dentist offices, a post office and more.
And you think YOUR cubicle is cramped!
So cute :)
Itty bitty living space. I can’t even imagine spending weeks and months down there.
