The guidebook makes an interesting sidebar comment on the attack on Pearl Harbor regarding an oversight that the Japanese made that could have kept us out of the war for more than a year. Apparently, as the Japanese were flying around the island doing their damage at the various installations, i.e. there are several airfields and the Marine Corp Base at Kaneohe besides all the ships and submarines in Pearl Harbor, they neglected to bomb the large white tanks of fuel, our supply for the Pacific fleet. (I no longer have the book so some of the details might be inaccurate, but the gist is the same.) So the guidebook makes the argument that if the Japanese had hit even one, sending the whole lot up in smoke, it would have taken us at least a year to ferry more fuel from the mainland to Hawai'i in order to run the ships and aircraft that remained. After the war, we prudently begin building an underground fuel silo.
I actually visited Oahu with my mom back in 1996 when my grandparents were there with my mom's sister. We saw most of the island by tour bus including the Polynesian Cultural Center (did you know it's run by the Mormons?); snorkeling in famed Hanauma Bay (below); and Pearl Harbor. Evidently, the USS Missouri hadn't come to Pearl Harbor yet (not until 1998), so I only got to see the USS Arizona.
If you squint a bit, you might be able to make me out in the blue swimsuit.
The above two pictures are of Hanauma Bay as you're coming up/down from the parking lot.
The gold statue is of one of the kings of Hawai'i.
Meanwhile back at the Hawaiian King, I kept busy with the girls having a leisurely breakfast, making calls to the rental car companies (for our last day on the island: day 11), and getting groceries for hosting the Rs over to BBQ. I put the girls in the pool for a little while, but it's difficult to keep an active eye on them both in such a situation so I'm glad when BB's ready for her nap. Afterwards, e grab lunch at the International Market food court, and I spend the rest of the afternoon prepping our BBQ and packing our suitcases.
Before the Rs arrive for dinner, G starts complaining of stomach pain again so we give her another dose of the MofM and she falls asleep on the couch. We learn later, after we get home, that a common mistake parents make in treating their kid's constipation is stopping treatment too soon. Even though we see some short term improvement, it seems treating her for several weeks (and sometimes even months) through diet is recommended. When G wakes up, we put on a movie for her, but when she realizes there's a party going on outside, she loses interest even though she still doesn't seem entirely pain-free.
