Hawaii 2015: Day 3

Yes, I know I skipped Day 2. You can picture us snorkeling in clear, warm waters among colorful fish, if you'd like. Or, because of the rain and poor water conditions, you can picture that tripped getting cancelled and us shopping for Hawaiian outfits to wear in our Day 4 family photo shoot. Ask Amalia, it wasn't worth taking any pictures of us going from store to store for hours on end (though some of her facial expressions may have been worth capturing).

Day 3 was our trip to Pearl Harbor.

One of the first things we saw was this veteran from the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Coincidentally, my parents had met him at another event a few days earlier. The man gets around. 

After visiting the museums, we took a launch out to the Arizona Memorial.  

It was a gray, drizzly day, which somehow felt appropriate.  

The visitor center now has a 25-minute movie about the attacks, which I think made an impression on the girls. It certainly helped them better understand what I'd struggled to explain on our drive out to Pearl Harbor. 

A view of Honolulu on our drive back from Pearl Harbor.