Hawaii - Monday (Day 2).............

After a good night's rest, the kids came down to our room early Monday morning (okay, maybe it wasn't really very early) and had breakfast so we could begin our day's activities. First up on the list was Diamond Head . I'm glad we went as early as we did, because it gets warm (mildly hot) pretty early in the day in Hawaii! Also interesting to find out, was how young a person used to be. While the kids were way ahead of us, we were leisurely (rather painstakingly) making our way up the trail. Thank goodness for modern technology, as the kids eventually did text and call us to see where we were (not to make sure that we were okay, mind you, just to find out where we were)!

This is at the beginning of the trail, but we had our picture taken when we were done!

This is what a lot of the trail looked like. The beginning was paved, but then it transformed to this, and throw in a mere 76, and then an additional 99 steps and you've made your way to the top!

In these pictures, Tyler is walking down the trail. In the other you can see Wendy texting (most likely Camille) while making her way down!

This is a view of Waikiki from the top of Diamond Head.


This is the inside of the crater as viewed from the very top.


This lighthouse was at the base of Diamond Head.

When we were done at Diamond Head, we headed back to the air force base so we could play in the water (what else are you supposed to do when you go to Hawaii?)! On our way, we came across Halona Blow Hole. Even though we didn't see it blow very strong, or very high, it was still pretty cool.

Just after getting back in the car, we saw this flying above us.....

The kids all found this to be rather interesting. This is Wendy's favorite photo, because it looks like the guy is looking down at us.

We finally made it to the base, and enjoyed the rest of the afternoon playing in the water. Monique had to do one of her classes and was able to do that online. She actually told one of the kids to log her off when the professor ended, so she could go out to the beach!