Gayle,
    Big tourist destination or no, you just have to see Pearl Harbor.  
It was the highlight of our week (besides the fact we didn't have the  
kids for a whole week...) The submarine display there was very eye  
opening, and the USS Missouri was neat, too. Enjoy!
Heather McClenahan, museum assistant/web master
Los Alamos Historical Society
http://www.losalamoshistory.org
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Quoting Gayle <[log in to unmask]>:

> This one is for me.  Two weeks from today, I'm off to Hawaii for   
> better than two weeks (note Jim Roberts and Julia Moore will be   
> taking care of MuseJobs while I'm away; Linda Wilson will be helping  
>  on on MuseDocs but we are looking for a second helper, so let me   
> know if you're interested).  I won the airfare last year, my folks   
> kicked in two weeks worth of timeshare, and we're spending a week   
> each on Oahu and the Big Island.  I've watched the Travel Channel,   
> read some of Hawaii for Dummies info, and subscribed to online   
> newsletters trying to fully understand "this foreign country" (hey,   
> it wasn't a state when I was born, and this is my first trip).
>
>   I know not to take lava rocks as souvenirs unless I want to have   
> bad luck forever, and you won't catch me with pork in the car on the  
>  Pali Highway lest I offend the Gods and they make my car break  
> down.   I know that the volcano has exploded (more than just  
> erupting), and  that some of the things I'd like to do aren't going  
> to be conducive  to my gimpy status (bad knees).  I also know to  
> look at but don't  touch the green turtles or monk seals.  Even  
> though most of my major  expensives are being totally taken care of  
> (airfare and lodging),  and I purchased interisland on Hawaiian and  
> not Aloha, and we have  our rental cars, I fully expect things to be  
> quite expensive.  We  planned for this.  I get a workplace bonus  
> each March, and that will  be taking care of some of my expenses.
>
>   But like any trip I take, I want to suck up everything in a short   
> period of time and to fully absorb what I see.  So, I am asking you,  
>  the experts, to give me your sound advice and recommendations as to  
>  what to miss and what not to miss when we're there. What insider   
> history might I look for?  Where are the hidden secrets the common   
> tourist might miss?
>
>   Please send me your suggestions within a week so that I can print   
> things up and have them with me when I travel.  I value your   
> opinions on such matters highly.
>
>   Thanks!  I mean Mahalo!
>
>   PS No, I'm not surfing but my 60-this-year guy is and I'm going to  
>  be the one on the shore laughing my ass off taking pictures.  And   
> I'm probably going to starve this trip because I am so not a fish   
> person.
>
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