P2P: Hawaiian Island Discovery

July 8, 2006

This morning we got up and had a good meal at Denny's. There was good service. After breakfast, we got on the bus and headed to Pearl Harbor. My ticket had a guy named Kenneth Marlar Taylor. He shot down two Japanese dive bombers. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corps. and born in Hominy, Oklahoma.We watched a sad movie, and then got on a boat to the USS Arizona Memorial. I took some interesting pictures of the sunken ship, and of some of the names on the memorial. We got back on the boat and took a little break.

When the break was over, we took a trolley to Ford Island, where the USS Missouri was. We took a long tour through the Missouri. It was fun. We had lunch in the mess hall. After lunch, we went shopping and I bought some interesting things. After Pearl Harbor we got on the bus and drove through the Punchbowl. We saw [Challenger Astronaut] Ellisom S. Onizuka's grave. I learned that the graveyard used to be a volcano.

After we went to the Punchbowl, we went to Diamondhead. The hike was short. The view at the top was spectacular. The hike down was even better! We got back on the bus and went back to the hotel.

We got to go to the pool. After the pool, we went shopping. I bought shells for my sister, Ashley. After shopping, we had dinner. I had pizza. Then we had our meeting. Then I went to bed.