Thanksgiving in Waikiki

                It would be easy to be a weatherman here.  Everyday is forecast to have a high of 83 degrees and a low of 70 degrees with afternoon winds and rains on the windward side.

                I drove up to the Punchbowl Military Cemetery today.   I remember going there with the parents.   Dad was looking for a high school buddies name on the memorial to those Navy sailors lost at sea, but he couldn’t find the name.  There is some renovation work going on there.   The interesting murals showing the major campaigns of the Pacific in WWII and the Korean Conflict are still there. 

                I then drove up Tantalus Mountain searching for a walking trail, but I couldn’t find the trail head.  That is a narrow and winding road. 

                I got back to the Hilton Hawaiian Village and walked around looking at all the tourists.   I smoked a cigar in the Ala Moana Yacht Basin again.   I walked over to the Hale Koa and saw the line growing longer and longer for the Thanksgiving Buffet.   I didn’t want to stand in that line.   So, I bought a turkey sandwich in the PX and had my Thanksgiving picnic on the green grass followed by another cigar.    It is nice to have that green grass and trees that provide shade.   I don’t know how people spend hours out there on the beach in this sun and heat.  

                I watched some of the football games on TV, but I was not interested in any of the teams playing.   I didn’t see the Cowboy game.   I went out for another walk and followed a Hawaiian guy wearing a Peyton Manning jersey.   I also  came across a family wearing Colorado State shirts. 

                I spent the day listen to an Audible book on my iPod.   I read the book, Helmet For My Pillow, way back when I was a second lieutenant at Basic School.   I am listening to it now, and it is pretty good.  I haven’t seen that HBO series, The Pacific, that is based on that book and its author.   I may have to do that when I get back to the mainland.

                Damn!  I just saw a TV commercial saying that I could get a free mug if I visited the Pearl Harbor Visitor Center and got one of the 2,000 tickets they give out each day.