On Saturday morning, we checked out of our hotel and began
our journey to Pearl Harbor. We were using Google Maps on my phone to guide us
to our destination and well, it wasn’t the most reliable way to go. I had typed
in Pearl Harbor before leaving and the GPS took us to the Naval Base. So, we
turned around and then ended up at Hickam Air Force Base. We were U-turned
around at the Air Force base and the nice airman told us how to get where we
were going.
I had bought our tickets for the narrated tour and trip to
the memorial way back in the fall some time. We were scheduled for the 9:30
a.m. tour and after being lost for an hour or so we just made it in time to
pick up our tickets and get in line to start our tour with a movie about the
attack on Pearl Harbor. After the movie, we got on the ferry and headed over to
the memorial.
We got to spend about 30 minutes or so at the memorial which
was a very moving and humbling experience. We then caught the ferry back to the
main park and completed the rest of the narrated tour. Not long after our tour
to the memorial, they stopped taking people over because of high winds. So, we
were very lucky to have been able to make it over before the Navy called off
the tours.
The narrated tour was very interesting and seeing the
replicas of boats and artifacts pulled from the water and the photos from the
bombing was all so interesting. I love learning about the history of our
country and so it was a really great trip for me.
We finished up at Pearl Harbor about 12:15 p.m. and then we
made our way to a Wal-Mart because no trip is complete without visiting the
local Wal-Mart. The one we went to was in a downtown like area and there was a
parking garage and y’all, this Wal-Mart was absolutely packed. My dad needed
some socks, Justin needed some water shoes and I needed some more contact
solution because my eyes have been bothering me and I was concerned I might run
out.
We made it out of the Wal-Mart in one piece, dropped off the
rental car, and caught a cab to the cruise ship. We got checked in rather
quickly and soon grabbed a bite to eat because both Justin and I were rather
hungry.
The rest of the afternoon was spent piddling around and
keeping ourselves occupied. I went down to Guest Services to ask about internet
minutes and the laundry. The wi-fi on the boat is unfortunately, not free and
so I bought a package of 250 minutes for a whopping $100. Y’all, that’s the
price for three months of internet at home. I had read before coming that there
was a laundry onboard and was disappointed to discover it’s not a do it
yourself laundry, but a Norwegian Cruise Line will do your laundry for a price
laundry. Sadly, I’m stuck paying to have the laundry done because I brought very
few clothes with me in anticipation of doing laundry at night.
At 7:00 p.m. we went to dinner in one of the dining rooms. I
had grilled shrimp and a salad and cheesecake for dessert. It was all very
good. After dinner my dad and I went to see the show in the main theater which
was a magician and I’m here to tell you that he wasn’t that good. I almost got
up and left a few different times but it finally ended and I was glad. We then
went back to the room and called it a night.
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