Hawaii Vacation Day 5 - (Saturday) Jeep Day

We decided to rent a Jeep during our stay and go explore ourselve for a bit. We rented through TURO, for the first time, which is like renting a personal vehicle, versus a rental car company, like Enterprise. 

We decided on a Jeep and the owner met us right at the hotel. 

We also added in beach chairs and a boogie board for the girls.

The owner of the Jeep gave us a map and a few things to check out, one of which was Pali Lookout.

Ok! Let's check it out. We hadn't had any plans yet anyway.

BUT, before we officially headed out, we wanted to check out Skin Deep, a tattoo shop that was recommended to us. 

Steve drove around the block while Jennifer and I booked our appointments for the following Friday mornning, right before we left the island. 

We took the top off!

It was sooooo windy! But check out that view!

It was a quick stop - it was high in elevation, so it was much cooler and super windy. We were ready to find a beach.

Kailua Beach was recommended to me by a friend. It is a bit north and much, much quieter than any of the beaches right in Waikiki. 

Ava and Steve swimming. Check out that background. 

Just hours doing this. 

After a few hours at the beach, we packed up and headed over to the Pearl Harbor. We needed to add some history into this trip. 

I doubt they understood the magnitude of what happened here and what we were about to see.

(Google image from above)

We paid our respect.

The oil that continues to spill. And being unable/unwilling to move it due to the emtombed soldiers here (out of respect, of course)

This anchor is HUGE.

Girls in front of the submarine

We walked around and looked around at the different parts of the memorial. Read the plaques and talked with the girls about what happened there. 

We decided after that it was time to head back to the hotel to get cleaned up and ready for dinner. My mom wanted to take me and Jennifer out to a fancy Japanese restaurant so Steve and the girls were on their own. 

The place Mom took us to was AH-MAZING. 

These fried oysters were to DIE for. Like DEAD. I ate them all. 

The rest of the tempura was just so, so good. Probably the best I've ever eaten.

THEN DESSERT??? OMG this place called Mango Mango had all sorts of mango desserts. All kinds. This was mango ice cream with some sort of strawberry juice, lychee jelly, fresh mango and fresh strawberries. Omg so good. And bonus - the girls can have this! We came back to make sure they got their own. 

After stuffing myself STUPID with food and then dessert, it was time to go collapse into bed. It's been a long few days and we have more! 

Tomorrow is hiking Diamond Head and I'm SO excited about this one.