Our first full day in Hawaii! After finding out we did NOT float away on the wave, we watched some more news about Japan - pretty awful images from there. Marian made breakfast, and after making sure it was still three, we headed off to see Pearl Harbor. We got tickets for the 2:20 USS Arizona Memorial, and then walked around the park area there for a while, reading the memorial signs and enjoying the weather. No snow! It was only around noon, so we left for...

The first day of the trip is all about getting there! We left the house around 9 am, and headed up to Big Lake to Mike's brother's house to drop off Brock. I got to see Mike's new yellow Mustang for the first time (it's in storage up there), then we headed off to the airport. A quick meal @ Chili's in MSP, and we got our our Alaska AIrlines plane for a 4 hour flight to Seattle. That's the first time we flew with them, and the service was great. It was a litt...