pride of america in Hawaii

for our 25th anniversary we decided to splurge and do something we wanted to do for our anniversary.  go to Hawaii.  Crazy thing for July 2nd to be in the Hawaiian heat but we wanted to do it on our actual anniversary. we couldn't decide on just one island so decided to dig a little deeper into the pockets and go all out and go on the Pride of American cruise by Norwegian Cruise lines (NCL)  this way we will see 4 islands and if we never make it back we have seen a good portion of the islands in 9 days.

well i got really one one shot of the boat and that was when we were docked in kona



we chose an obstructed view room and the only time we could actually see anything other than the life boat was when they lowered the boats to do tendering in Kona.  but the room was just a room so it didn't matter to much to us.  during the day we were out on shore anyhow.



we got lei's and headed on board on the saturday before the fourth of july leaving from the port of honolulu



this boat is run by an all American crew and a bit of a different cruise because there are no at sea days



but they do have towel monkeys which i adore

this looks like yoda to me not sure what it is really suppose to be.



the crab was cute



and the monkey looked like he had a frog face to me



i think this was a pig

not to be confused with the real thing that was at the buffet one night


no i didn't have any.  hard for me to eat something that is looking at me.

well enough of the cruise ship on with the really fun stuff

hang loose and check out the next few days

wizard island

taken from wikipedia:

Wizard Island is a volcanic cinder cone which forms an island at the west end of Crater Lake in Crater Lake National Park, Oregon. The top of the island reaches 6,933 feet above sea level, about 755 feet above the average surface of the lake.Wikipedia

Elevation: 6,932 feet  Last eruption: BC 4600 Prominence: 755 feet  Cascade Mountain range

you can get there by chartered boat, maybe next trip the hike to the boat is not one my mom could have made.  Definitely a place to come back to.  next time we will prepare long in advance and get a cabin at crater lake too. 

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yuck

Today's challen is a song I use to love but now hate. 

this took me forever to think of but finally came up with one.  I generally don't hate much of anything.

clues include:

look closely at the photo something in it is the main part of the song

this is a picture of a river or stream

the song is by 2 people that normally sing solo

its an older song came out the year I graduated 1983

probably considered a country song then .

the song is islands in the stream by dolly parton and kenny rogers.