Two More Days in Paradise.

Tuesday we decided to visit Pearl Harbor again and take our time.  Old folks like us, you know, those old people with gray hair who walk very slowly through museums, like to enjoy the exhibits, not rush through them.  It had changed alot since we were there last about 10 years ago.  First we went through the submarine, The Bowfish..

 There's the sub in the background.

 I am pointing at a torpedo.  WWII torpedos run by steam power.  They are huge and very heavy.  When a sub has fired all it's torpedos (this sub could fire 16), then they're done and come back to port.  This sub had a great percentage of taking out the enemy.  In all the missions, there was only one casualty.  The best in the war.

 We listened to a guided tour on the headsets.  This is the wheel that made the sub dive.

 I got tired, but not so tired that I could ever sleep on a teeny weeny bunk like this!

 Outside they had a working periscope.  It was pretty cool.

We went out to the USS Arizona Memorial.  Over 1500 men are entombed inside.

 These are their names.

 

 You can also visit the USS Missouri, the US's last battleship. 

 

 Battleships became obsolete with the era of air craft carriers, but the Missouri was part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. 

These are 16" guns.  Their range is over 20 miles!

The Missouri (Mighty Mo) was also the ship that the surrender documents were signed by General MacArthur and representatives of the Emperor of Japan in 1945. 

 It's pretty neat to see the surrender documents.  Our parents talked alot about WWII and the effects it had on their lives.  Those who fought for the US in that war were an amazing generation.  I am very grateful for their courage and sacrifice.

 This is the actual spot where the peace treaty was signed.

 This is a BIG chain.  Notice how strong I am to be able to pull it.

We really enjoyed Pearl Harbor.  Hubby made a great sales call to a customer and then we came back to our little house.  I got an Kindle book and settled in.

Wednesday was fishing day for Hubby.  I stayed back to test the idea that "life is a beach."  In Hawaii it is!  Hubby not only caught fish, but also caught some pictures of whales.  He took a few pictures of some.  He said that there were groups of up to three together.  

He took these pictures with his i-phone.

I think there are two whales in this pictures.  What do you think?

 Here are some of the fish Hubby caught.  He shared some with the captain and with the property manager here.  We ate some for dinner and they really were delicious.

 The one he is holding was called a "stick" fish, according to the captain. 

The captain told Hubby that there would be 8 - 10 foot waves on the north shore, so we decided to check out the surfers further north the island.  It was okay - mostly people on body boards. 

But I stood in front of the sign anyway.  This is how big they need the waves to be for a good surfing competition.  They expect them to be that big on Saturday, the day we have to check out.  We'll go there early in the morning to see. 

 Last year this little protected lagoon was anything but calm like this.  We took pictures of this very spot last year with massive waves spraying all over that reef in the background.  Here are the pictures from last January.

 

No one was IN the water.  

No one.

 This year lots of families were hanging out on the beach. We would love to bring our grandkidlets here.

 I stood in the water while Hubby checked out the whole lagoon and I saw almost as much as he did.  If you stand still the fish swim right up.  I also saw a small eel peaking his head out from a rock.

I say again, this place is paradise.

Aloha for now.