It's our 30th Anniversary!

Monday, July 2nd - Doesn't seem possible that 30 years ago we were cutting a Cheesy Eddie's wedding cheese cake at the Avon Inn! The anniversary excuse is still working with free drinks, or dessert, or an upgrade to an ocean view room. We promise to stop when we leave Hawaii! Today we visited Pearl Harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial. We were there by 7:30 a.m. and just as Fodor's told us, the lines were very long. Quite a moving experience, especially since I was born when my Dad was in the Navy. We noticed there were two "Reynolds" listed on the wall of casualties (my maiden name). We also met an 86 year old survivor, Sterling Cole, he is as sharp as a tack, and he signed our brochure. We also toured the Battleship Missouri or "Mighty Mo" as she is known. This is the ship where the treaty was signed at the end of WWII and she last served in the Gulf War.

Then we drove to the base of Diamond Head and hiked the trail to the top. Portions of the trail had steep stairways and a tunnel. From the trail head to the summit of Diamond Head crater is 560 feet one way. The elevation was 761 feet and what a view of Honolulu from this point! Quite a long day since after dinner we shopped until 11 p.m. Great 30th anniversary memories!