Today was the memorial service for my dad. I have to admit it was a pretty moving and impressive service that the Navy put on for the family. 21 gun salute and all. A staff Navy photographer was there along with a staff member that operated our video camera. We will be getting an album and CD in the mail from the Navy in a couple of weeks and I’ll be sure to post the pics on the web when they arrive. Candi and I are exhausted at the moment and are looking forward to getting back to our own beds and bathrooms. I guess this means that we’ve arrived as we now have better beds and bathrooms than are commonly found in international hotels! Being in Honolulu and Pearl Harbor is more like being in LA on a humid day so we’re looking forward to flying to Kawii tomorrow afternoon. I’ve been told that it is waaay more relaxed there than anywhere. Maybe this will make the 5 hour flight worthwhile for us as so far it’s been just exhausting being here with all we have to do. We took a bus tour of the island yesterday that just about wiped us out! It was an all day affair. Candi and I both got tattoos that I’ll probably post here when I get them photo’d and uploaded when we get back. We tried our darndest to talk mom into getting one but she chickened out. the tattoo place was just awesome though. I’m sure I’ll tell more about it when I get home (and am not paying for my internet access at 1$/10min!
See you all later…