Day 8: June 26, 2013

Today was an uneventful day. I bought an app called "Oahu Revealed" that was recommended to me by a few different people and it is AWESOME! It breaks things up into areas of Oahu and then into beaches, attractions, dining, activities, etc. The author has done every thing that he writes about and gives a very honest description/review of each place. If it it something that you shouldn't miss, he says it is a "real gem!" Maj and I have been trying to scope out the real gems and the rain just doesn't want us to! Two days in a row we have tried going to "gem" beaches and then it has rained and we end up driving back to a beach in Waikiki where it seems to be always sunny. Today we tried a beach called Kahala Beach where the "rich and not so famous" of Oahu live.  The houses were mostly gated and very pretty. Once we got onto the beach, we set up our chairs and it started raining. We went to the Ala Moana Beach Park in Waikiki instead. We left around 3 and I went to my first Tripler workout class at the gym, which was pretty small and old looking... definitely not as nice as the Walter Reed gym. This one needs a desperate make over! This workout class seemed like it was straight out the of '80s. The instruction was wearing high tight pants with a super high ponytail and a scrunchy, but it was SO MUCH FUN! It was a lot of old people, but they were a blast, hooting and yelling out! It was 30 minutes of kick boxing, 15 minutes of weights, and 15 minutes of zumba type dancing. The instructor came over to me afterwards and welcomed me, asked for my name and told me her name was Mercy. She was very welcoming and friendly! I will definitely be back. Dan had a good day at the hospital. He is liking OBGYN because it has more medicine than surgery that he was just on. We grilled turkey and cheese paninis and corn on the cob. It was delicious! Sorry, no pictures today!