Royal Hawaiian...

Today we took a trip down memory lane for Grandpa. We went to the Royal Hawaiian Hotel in Waikiki. Grandpa spent some time there while he was here during the war. At the time, the Royal Hawaiian was the only hotel on the Waikiki beach front. The Navy took over the hotel whenever submarines were in port and their crew were allowed to stay there while on Liberty. Grandpa's ship was in a few different times when the hotel was being used by the Navy and got to spend the day there at the beach.

We looked around the hotel and had lunch at the beachfront restaurant. He said the inside of the hotel looked all different but the outside and the beach area looked exactly the same. Except for all the high rise hotels that now surround it.

Our waiter told us a story about when the Navy guys would stay at the hotel, the staff would lock up all the expensive china and decorations. I guess the guys had a tendency to get a little rowdy.

The weather was beautiful once again. I've heard the entire Midwest is getting pounded by snow and cold. Grandpa and I have been watching the weather channel keeping up with how much snow Iowa is getting.








More tomorrow....

Greg