Day 24 of 111. Oahu, Hawaii The last stop on our tour was the Dole Plantation. It is almost like a Disneyland with a train ride, a huge maze, and best of all soft serve pineapple ice cream (just like at the Enchanted Tiki Room at Disneyland). Coming into the parking lot, our guide pointed…

Day 24 of 111. Oahu, Hawaii The next few stops sort of blended together for me. Justin, our guide, was very knowledgeable about the nature we were seeing as well as the history and culture of the island. Some of the highlights for this section was driving by the Kualoa Ranch which has been the…

Day 24 of 111. Oahu, Hawaii We are on an excursion today called the sights and tastes of North Shore. We wanted to get a chance to see some of the sights outside of the city. Our ship is docked near Chinatown next to the Aloha Tower, but this bus trip today will visit some…

Day 23 of 111. Honolulu, Hawaii Being in Hawaii, we HAD to attend a luau (Hawaiian for Party). A free drink was included with the meal and one of the choices was a Blue Hawaiian which I never had before. It was pretty and pretty tasty (but not very strong, luckily). The food was great….

Day 23 of 111. Honolulu, Hawaii This morning, we took a tour of the Arizona Memorial and the Battleship, Missouri. In Pearl Harbor, there are several memorials associated with the bombing on December 7, 1941. The battleships that were harbored there were named after states of the union. The Arizona was hit with a bomb…

Day 22 of 111. Leaving Hilo… on to Honolulu While we waited for Elizabeth just outside Port Hilo, we saw a cute little gecko. The man who ran the Tour Depot where we were waiting said they make messes everywhere and he has to clean it up… but the little creature was still cute to…

Day 22 of 111. Hilo, Hawaii This is the Big Island. It is home to several active and extinct volcanoes and we scheduled a helicopter trip to fly over the island and see the most active one, Kilauea. The flight was fantastic and our pilot, Wesley, was a lot of fun. He flew us over…

Day 22 of 111. Hilo, Hawaii The Hawaiian Ambassadors did a chant and dance ceremony when we arrived into port at Hilo. Unfortunately for them, this came at 6:30 a.m. It was still fairly dark and cool out on deck. It rained briefly, but the young people were undaunted and they did a great job….

Day 21 of 111. Getting close to Hawaii We finished our marathon walks and saw another dramatic sunrise. We collected our certificates and patted ourselves on the back for setting a goal and completing it. We had a hands=on cooking class today wth recipes from guest chef, Denise Vivaldo. You can see her with three…

Day 20 of 111. 537 nautical miles from Hilo, HI Day four of our walking marathon. We are getting close to Hilo, Hawaii. One of the benefits of walking each morning is the changing sunrise views on the port side of the ship. At one point there was a glorious scene with streaming rays of…