Hawaii Day #4 & 5

Sunday we spent the day hanging out here at the resort. This property is so nice that it wouldn't be right not to spend time here. We had a sales presentation to attend at 2:00 in the afternoon which lasted for about 2 hours. It's very tempting. It could be something that fits into our plans at a later date.
Sunday evening there was a "Torch Lighting Ceremony" on the main lawn. That's where the pictures of the people dressed in native attire, and playing with fire came from.
It was well done and lasted about an hour.
Yesterday we went to the Punchbowl Volcano National Cemetery on the hill overlooking Honolulu. The cemetery was started in the late 40's. We spent a couple hours there.
As the name implies, it's located in the crater of an old volcano. That is where the other pictures posted came from. It makes you stop and think about what the generation that born in the teen's and twentie's went through. There is a complete history of World War 2 depicted in large murals begining with the attack on Pearl Harbor, and ending with the Japanese surrender. There are many thousands of names on the marble walls of the soldiers and sailors whose remains were never recovered. Looking through the cemetery, I came upon a marker for a young man killed in action just 4 months after his 17th birthday. When I was 17, I was in high school. It makes a person think.
We will be checking out of here at 10:00 this morning, and will be heading to the north shore. We will be staying just a few miles from Wiamea Bay and the famous surfing at the Bonzai Pipeline. The surf is just begining to get big there, so I hope to get some good pictures. Will up-date the blog from there.
P.S. The temperatures are still mid to upper 80's!!
Aloha again, Ernie and Joyce