It was Sunday, so of course we took the opportunity to go to church. Would you recognize a tropical version of the Ogden Tabernacle? It has wooden louvers to let the breezes blow through the chapel. Sometimes birds fly through, too!
In the front yard is a huge banyan tree, with roots draping from the branches to the ground.
A stark white memorial seems to float above the harbor. It's a monument to the men still entombed below at the bombing of Pearl Harbor. You reach it by a short ferry ride.
It's so bright there, but the feeling among the visitors is quiet reverence. Once I saw a woman unstring a lei to spread the flowers upon the water. You can stillsee the ship below, and there's still a bit of an oil slick.
The USS Missouri has returned to Pearl Harbor. On its' deck in 1945 the Japanese surrendered to the Americans. Now it's available for tourists to inspect, top to bottom.
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