January 12, 2007
The Oceanarium Restaurant is really unique with a two story aquarium. The room is surrounded by mirrors and you feel like you are in the center of the water to enjoy breakfast. Our rented the car, again the Dodge Stratus, brought us to pick up Justin first. Today we headed to the National Cemetary of the Pacific, burial ground for World WarII, Korean and Vietnam War victims. This lava tuff cone, "Hill of Sacrifice" is a unique place to reflect and is the No.1 visitor attraction in Hawaii. We paused at the burial site of one of the space shuttle Challenger astronauts. The views from the Overlook were spectacular. From the sumit we drove around to the south side of the island past Diamond Head. The road here os on a bluff above the ocean. We stopped at Halona Blow Hole, a rock where the wave pushes up through a hole resembling the blow hole of a whale.We continued up the east side of the island. It is here at Hanaluma Bay where Maria almost lost Jessica when we came to Hawa! ii...