Day 3:  Today was Pearl Harbor day so the first action was to decide how we were going to get there.  The tours seemed outrageously expensive so... We did a Ted.  He decided that we were going to rent an economy car.  The term economy car has taken on a new meaning.  For the first time in our many travels, we rented a "Rent a Wreck" from Waikiki VIP service. I am still not understanding the VIP but I am guessing the owner has a sense of humor.  Once you got over the smell of burning oil and the hood not quite closing, the trip to the Harbor was uneventful.  Not bad for a car that has seen the far side of 117,000 miles.

The Nissan Sentra

Also note that the T is missing

The memorial is just a you would expect, a place where a very tragic event happened.  The memorial on the Arizona does not seem to be appropriate for the more than 1,100 lives that were lost on one battleship.  A very plain white cement structure that houses a wall with all the names of the sailors who died on the ship.  I have seen more impressive monuments for movie stars for goodness sake!  I also was expecting a huge military presence but other than the sailors that were boat captains of the shuttle out to the memorial none where present.  The narrators were Park Rangers.

The Arizona Memorial From Pearl Harbor Vistor Center

The Memorial Sculpture At The Visitor Center That Is Repeated On The Memorial

The Arizona Memorial Over The Remains Of The Ship - Note The Sculpture Repeated

We took a ton of pictures so can share them at a different time.  Many are the story of December 7 as it is captured at the memorial.  The USS Missouri is also part of Pearl Harbor story as that is the boat that the Japanese signed the surrender documents.

USS Missouri

Surrender Documents Signed By Japanese To End WWII

It was very warm here today near 90 with a bit of humidity and a few short rains.  The "rental" did not have AC so we were a little warm on the return to the condo.  Dripping wet in the short 10 mile trip back.  We returned the rental in good shape to the smiles of the guys that run the rental shop.  We will rent again tomorrow but Ted agrees that we should splurge for AC.

After a beer, pizza and walk on the beach, we are in for an early night.  We are off to Diamond Head and the Dole Plantation tomorrow.