Hawaii Trip for Carly's Graduation

Me, the US Navy and Carly at Pearl Harbor
Carly on her balcony of the cruise ship
Paul, Vernie, Carly and Terri snorkeling
Carly & Laura (another granddaughter) going to an "all white" dance on the ship
Paul, Me, Carly, Terri & Vernie - the helicopter crew.
We took our granddaughter, Carly, to Hawaii for her high school graduation gift. The trip was originally planned by my middle daughter, Julie and her husband, Donald, for their 25th wedding anniversary and 8 more of us in the family decided to horn in and join the trip. We had an amazing time. Spent 3 days in Honolulu and saw Pearl Harbor Memorial, the Punch Bowl cemetary and spend an entire day at the Polinesian Culture Center getting royal treatment all the way! On the 4th day we boarded the Pride of America, NCL cruise ship and sailed to different islands for 7 days. We snorkeled in front of Clint Eastwood's summer home on Maui, shopped, parasailed, shopped, rode a submarine, shopped, rested at the beach, toured all the islands and of course shopped. Took a helicopter tour over Kauia that was the most breathtaking site I have ever seen. Helicopters are mine and my husbands favorite way to tour sites. Carly had never been in a helicopter and she was selected to sit in the front seat (lucky) and had an awesome view and got some really good pics. Food is never a problem on a cruise ship and this was no exception with free style dining....eat when and where you want. If there is such a thing as a 'bad' part of a trip it would be the flying time, 8 hrs. We were all pretty tired when we got home but it was a trip not ever to be forgotten especially by us, Carly's grandparents. What a thrill to watch her and help her experience so many firsts on such a grand trip!! Next year we have another graduating granddaughter and she wants to go to Disney World and take a Disney Cruise......can't wait!!!