Ford Island

So today we headed to Ford Island which is in the middle of Pearl Harbor (the USS Missouri is there).  The Pacific Aviation Museum had an open house.  Before we hit the museum we drove around the island and saw the memorial to the USS Utah.  


The memorial. 


The remains of the USS Utah. 

Next stop was the museum which was incredible.  Highly recommend a visit, if you aren’t military you have to take a shuttle over from the Pearl Harbor Memorial.  With the open house today they had a lot more hands on activities than usual and basically every group you could fly with had a table.  The kids got a lot of swag!


A coast guard helicopter landed right after we arrived. 



Both boys got to get on board and check it out. The pilots couldn’t have been nicer.  



Flying a fighter jet. 



You can’t tell from the picture but this is the same type of plane Jester flew in Top Gun (one of my favorite movies...lol!)



Finnegan learning how to fly a P40.  The volunteer was so patient and nice. 



Dress up time!



They got in everything they could!  This is a Kiowa helicopter.   I am checking with Ted for all the names lol!



We got to play CSI and investigate all the damage to the swamp ghost to figure out what happened to it.  It’s actually a really cool story and Disney has now taken an interest and there are plans for an interactive exhibit. http://www.pacificaviationmuseum.org/supportus/b-17-swamp-ghost/


 
The bullet holes in the glass of the hanger are from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. 



A rainbow over the USS Missouri (far right). 

Heading back to Lanikai we decided to order pizza. Brandi and Maria had told us to try Bob’s which is minutes from our house. It was delicious and totally reminded us of Sal’s!



Aloha everyone!  Hope folks are enjoying our blog!



Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Hōkūleʻa

Image
Tonight we went to The Bishop Museum to hear a talk given by the  Hōkūleʻa crew.  The Hōkūleʻa is a Polynesian voyaging canoe that was launched in 1975.  The crew uses Polynesian navigation techniques, also known as wayfinding.  The Hōkūleʻa spent the last 3 years circumventing the world and is now on a mahalo Hawaii tour.   The talk was fantastic!   We heard from a number of crew members including the captain, a medical officer, a cook, a couple teachers, a fisherman and the tech guy.  One of the missions of the trip was education, so the canoe would host talks with schools in Hawaii throughout the trip.   After the talk they served a meal that was cooked during the talk on the same stove that is aboard the  Hōkūleʻa and was typical of what they ate at sea.   It was delicious, ahi and pasta.   We also got to walk around and speak with the crew.  We purchased a beautiful book about the voyage which the boys had autogr...
Read more

Fabulous Friday!

Image
Ted survived his first call!  We hit eggs ‘n things for a ridiculous breakfast before we hit the North Shore! I’ve turned into a person that takes pictures of her food...what?!  I should have taken the picture of nothing left on this plate while the rest of my family kept eating! Next stop Sunset Beach to check out the HIC Pro, the last qualifier for the Triple Crown of Surfing (starts mid November here on Oahu).  Turns out the waves were too crazy so the competition was off for the day.  It was still awesome to see the waves! Little surfer dudes! Next stop the Banzai Pipeline!  The whole beach was caution taped off and there was no one in the water! Next stop Shark Cove!  The craziest thing is that in the summer this is a protected, calm, snorkeling spot.   Last North Shore stop was Matsumoto’s for shave ice! Not gonna lie, our local Island Snow was better but this was still delicious! We got home post our adventure and ran down to our beach for a qui...
Read more

Volcanos National Park

Image
On Tuesday we flew into Hilo on the Big Island, also called Hawaii.  We drove into Hilo for some lunch and to quickly check out the town.  So different from other towns we have seen in the islands.  It reminded me of Puerto Rico.  After a couple quick errands (I managed to forget the camera charger) we started our way up to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.  First stop, the visitor center.   We got there just in time to hear a ranger orientation about the park and the various volcanoes on the Big Island.  Next stop Kīlauea Military Camp (KMC).  No longer used for active military it is a great place to stay inside the National Park.  It is just a mile from the Kīlauea Caldera and you can see the red smoke out the front door of our cabin.  It has a cafeteria style dining hall and a bowling alley lol! Our cabin for 3 nights.  There has been no time for bowling but I had to get a pic! Our first night there were two evening programs at the...
Read more