Aloha!

Aloha readers! A week from now we will be landing in Honolulu, Hawaii and we can't wait to get there! Here is a picture of our hotel right on Waikiki Beach. Looks just like paradise to me.

None of us has ever been to Hawaii before so it will truly be an adventure and we have all sorts of things planned. Number one on my list is surfing. No, I've never done it before and I probably won't even be able to stand up on the board but it'll sure be fun trying. My daughter says she'll give it a try too but my husband has a bit of a shark paranoia so I think he'll sit that one out.

We are renting a car so we can cover the whole island. The North Shore is one of the stops on our itinerary but I only wish it was winter so I could see the gigantic surf at Waimea. There is supposed to be great snorkling at Turtle Bay up there so that should be amazing.

Of course Diamond Head and Pearl Harbor are on our list as well as other places I can't think of right now. People we know that have been to Oahu have had all sorts of suggestions of places to see and the reason I'm writing this a week before we leave, is so that any of my readers who've been there can enlighten me with "must see" locales. How about it? Are there any other places that we absolutely should not miss?