Return to Oahu

Beautiful beach at the park where we had lunch	Another view of Turtle Island
Different view of the beach	Granny enjoy the beach view
Granny entering Queen Emma’s Palace	Queen Emma’s garden patio
Queen Emma’s Palace (just a big house) built in the 1800s	Making the drive up to the Pali
Mountains were plentiful	Beautiful driving scenes
The camera just can't bring out the beauty of the trees	This tree is grows away from the power lines
An old sugar mile in ruin	More mountains beyond the fenceline
They're everywhere	More beaches as we drove around the island
Pali lookout was closed so here's a side road view	Mountain view while driving
Road construction on Oahu ain't so bad	Many of the beaches had woods in front of them
View from Diamond Head	The beaches were somewhat different but beautiful
The beach shots never end when on Oahu	Beaches and the always blue water
Strange rock formation (or concrete?) along the beach	With a closeup, it is not concrete
More rocks along the beachline and more blue water	Warning sign posted for no swimming - danger!
I thought I saw a surfer out there living dangerously	Don't mind staying out of the water and enjoying the beach
Waves crash on the rocks near the beach	Many rocks add to the sounds of crashing surf
Granny take a picture on the Pali Highway	Nena gets a picture as well
Granny enjoys the view with a pretty lei around her neck	We should have came back to Oahu much sooner!
Our drive down from the Pali	Stop and photo more beaches
Wish we had these beaches in Texas	Too bad we can't record the sounds and smells
Visiting the WWII Valor in the Pacific National Park	Granny & Nena pose with the USS Arizona's anchor
USS Bowfin (SS-287) was launched on 7 December 1942 and therefore nicknamed the Pearl Harbor Avenger
USS Missouri (BB-63), representing the end of WWII, faces the USS Arizona (BB-39) Memorial, the start of WWII
Photo of the bridge to Ford Island while on the boat to the Arizona Memorial
Pearl Harbor shoreline from the boat
Approaching the USS Arizona Memorial	A closer view from the passenger boat
Within the USS Arizona Memorial	1,177 crewmen lost their lives onboard the USS Arizona on December 7, 1941
Part of the USS Arizona is seen above the water	The most visible feature is the barbette to gun turret #3
Granny & Nena pose on the USS Arizona Memorial	USS Missouri was docked & made a museum in June, 1998
Take the Ford Island Bridge over to Ford Island	Looks more like a park than a military base
But it is a base as here are the barracks	Granny poses in front of the USS Utah Memorial
Target Ship Utah (AG-16) was the first ship hit in the attack on Pearl Harbor and rolled over minutes later trapping over 60 men inside. The ship was pulled back towards shore in 1944 for salvaging and now rests at a 38 degree angle
Only a small visual portion of Utah remains above water	Granny walks out to get a better view of the Utah
BB-31 Utah was converted into a radio-controlled target ship and redesignated AG-16 in 1931 under the terms of the 1922 Washington Naval Treaty
Nena poses with a Utah Memorial parking lot background	Heading back to the bridge to depart Ford Island
Reach the bridge back to the mainland. See the stern side USS Nevada mooring quay beyond the rock rightside
A final look back at the USS Arizona Memorial while crossing the Ford Island bridge

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Homecoming in Oahu - February 2010