Aloha!

A quick hello before Paula and I crash...we have had kind of a long day! We arrived this morning in Honolulu at about 9:30 after a pretty uneventful flight. After dinner on the plane last night, I crashed. I don't remember anyone taking my tray away and I missed the ice cream and Cadbury hot chocolate. Next thing I knew, it was morning and time for breakfast! :)

We weren't able to check in right away when we arrived, so we stowed all of our suitcases and headed to the beach and shopping. I wish I could twinkle my nose and all of our luggage would make its way back to Tennessee without us having to transport it! We have quite a bit of stuff because we had to pack for rotation, winter, and summer weather!

We went to the cinema and caught a movie and then headed back to the hotel to freshen up. Our hotel is really nice and is in the Waikiki Beach area, right across the street from the beach. After unpacking a bit, we made dinner reservations for Kobe Japanese Steakhouse and shopped in Waikiki and spent some time on the beach.

Tomorrow morning, we are going to the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor and to Diamondhead, which is a dormant volcano that you can climb into.

Hope everyone is well and aloha!