Mighty Mo

"What do you want to do today?"

"I don't know, what do you want to do?"

" I asked first"

"So?"

"So what do you want to do today?"

Such begins most days off over breakfast and terrible news programing. Today...the Mighty Mo, the Battleship Missouri. It turned out to be a great day to revisit Pearl Harbor. Not only did the Mo Memorial just turn ten and the Fourth hang just around the corner, but the Harbor is packed at the moment for RIMPAC. I can only imagine the number of ships, both US and other, still out at sea near Hawaii. We briefly toyed with the idea of climbing the stairs of Diamond Head tomorrow to see if any are visible.

The Kitty Hawk was probably the most stunning...an aircraft carrier with fighters lining the deck. But seeing the rows of ships two deep, docked along the harbor was an impressive sight. While on the deck of the Mighty Mo we were able to watch another warship maneuver in. And the view of Honolulu, Pearl City, the Arizona Memorial, and two mountain ranges...it is quite a sight. Oh...and a run away piece of floating scaffolding that had to be tugged back to shore.

The Arizona Memorial is by far a much more moving experience, but I did enjoy seeing the berths and mess, offices and library...cramped quarters yes, but honestly more room than I thought. I'm sure bunking in the same room with 32 others gets old after, oh, the fourth of fifth day out to sea. I sure as hell couldn't do it.

Of course...there's alway the big guns. Heehee...man the guns...


And this was a little disconcerting...duck tape. Not really fixing anything per say so much as covering up a series of bolts at tourists' calf height. Taped over. Then painted. And painted again. And now ripping up. I'd say it's our tax dollars at work...but honestly, the museum is mostly funded and maintained by donations and admission fees...