Hawaii Part 6 - Oahu, the final island

The last leg of our journey was a two-night stay on Oahu.  The kids were so exhausted from traveling and staying up late that Patrick and Charlie both fell asleep sitting up in the shuttle from the airport to our hotel.

 This is the view from our hotel.  The hotel wasn't anything spectacular, but it met all our needs.  We had two bedrooms, a living room and kitchenette.  Jim and I enjoyed a drink on the balcony after the kids were in bed.  We were walking distance from Waikiki Beach and several shops and restaurants.

On our first night, we walked to Waikiki Beach.  Along the way we saw people hula hooping in a park.  We all joined in!

We got dinner at a little stand at Waikiki Beach.

 The kids had fun playing in the sand.

 The sunset was beautiful!

The next day we took a bus to Peral Harbor.  We met Nana and Papa, who were staying at a resort with David and Melanie on another part of the island.

 We took a boat to the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial.  It was incredible.  I found the aerial picture below online.  It shows how the memorial spans the middle of the sunken battleship where 1,177 crewmen lost their lives.

Here is the entrance to the memorial from the boat.  As you can see, we visited on a beautiful day.  If it is too windy, they won't take you over to the memorial.

"To the Memory of the Gallant Men Here Entombed and their shipmates who gave their lives in action on December 7, 1941, on the U.S.S. Arizona"

Back on land, the memorial in the background.

That evening we walked back to Waikiki Beach.  We wandered through a really nice hotel along the beach and came across this awesome infinity pool.  So, of course, we decided to take a dip.

That's Diamond Head in the background.

The kids had fun floating on these bean bag like floatation chairs.  After we were in the pool for about 20 minutes, someone who worked at the hotel came over to tell us that the pool was just for people age 16 and over.  Oops.

So, we wandered out to the beach for a bit.

And watched the sunset.

Then we stopped for dinner on our way back to the hotel.

 The next day we wandered around town until our late, late flight.  Since we had so many people it cost just as much to take a limo to the airport as it would to take the shuttle.  Obviously, we opted for the limo!