Apr 17-18

We walked down the street to the Arts Festival Sunday, April 17, and on the way ate at Cheeseburger in Paradise. It was a fun little place. And walking along the beach we noticed that the section of beach less than a mile from our hotel is pretty crowded, whereas ours remains nicely underpopulated.

The festival was pretty small, but we enjoyed looking at all the jewelry and paintings. On the way back we had a snack at Yogurtland and then chilled out at the hotel and did a little laundry for the afternoon. That evening we went out to eat at Yard House. It was FANTASTIC. I had the mahi-mahi, and it was the best piece of fish I've eaten in my life. Stephen had the enchilada stack. He said it was good, too! On the way we heard a bit of music from a band playing on the street.

Monday we spent the day with about 12 really nice elderly people and one very obnoxious family on the Home of the Brave tour. It was a look at Pearl Harbor and the Pearl Harbor Historical Site (museum, short film, etc), and the USS Arizona Memorial, a visit to Wheeler Air Field, Schofield Army Baracks, Fort Shafter, Punchbowl National Memorial, and the Home of the Brave Museum. As well as lots of anecdotal and factual information about the attach on Pearl Harbor. I really learned a lot and enjoyed this tour. We may go back to tour the USS Missouri.

Monday night was the Hale Koa Hotel Luau! It was a lot of fun, and the show was neat. The food...not so much. Stephen, of course, was not interested in trying anything that was weird. Like the seaweed that was VERY GOOD! but neither of us really liked most of it. Poi is gross, I'm not interested in raw salmon masquerading as a salsa like dish, and the star dish, the pulled pork from the pig we saw them raise up out of the pit with leaves it was cooked in was just kind of...weird. It tasted good, but I wasn't loving the texture. I WAS loving the show! An 11 yr old kid twirled fire, the "chief" was really funny and the dancing girls and guys were really good! I got some video that may be posted at a later date.

ok...time to get some brunch and get ready for the #4 "Natural Highlights of Oahu" tour! Then the comedy show tonight. :)