The
city of Honolulu from Punchbowl |
Looking
at the history of the War in the Pacific at Punchbowl |
View
from the boat out to the Arizona memorial |
The
Arizona Memorial | LA
class sub heading to sea in Pearl Harbor |
Forward
deck of Battleship Missouri | Exact
site of the Japanese surrender on Missouri |
The
Arizona memorial marks the place where the war began and the Missouri is where
it ended. | The
Twin Otter parked at Midway | The
Twin Otter with Gooney Birds in the foreground |
The
cool sand bikes left behind by the Navy were the perfect way to see the island
| The
view from the old BOQ window shows how thick the Gooney Birds were. |
Two
Gooneys engaged in the ritualistic dance they perform as a social function |
Laysan
Albatross or "Gooney Bird" | Gooney
Bird and egg |
Beach
cleanup with the Fish and Game service. We were rewarded with free Midway posters.
| A
sea turtle basked in the sun not far from where we worked cleaning the beach.
| Mike
befriending the Gooney Birds | A
World War Two gun emplacement on Wake Island |
Sunset
over the lagoon at Wake Island |
Wake
Island from the air as we departed |
Old
Japanese fortification on Guam | Southernmost
port on Guam, where Spaniards came ashore |
Guam's
"Lovers Leap" where two young lovers leaped to their deaths rather than be parted
by their parents | Lover's
Leap from Timon beach |