We arrived in Honolulu on Wednesday December 4th and were surprised to see Dexter waiting for us at baggage claim.
He saved us! We didn't have a rental car reserved, so Dexter drove us and our oodles of luggage to our hotel and then took us to dinner where we had some poke, butterfish and other yummy Hawaiian seafood stuff.

On Thursday we did the hike up to the top of Diamond Head.
It's kind of steep in some sections (so there are steps), but it's packed with people, some of 'em wearing flip-flops. Here's the view from up there:

And here's a view of the lighthouse below:

Thursday night we had dinner with the Fukumaes. It was great to catch up with Wally, Lori, Alyssa and Aria! We hadn't seen them since our honeymoon a couple years ago.

Then we went back to the hotel and got some sleep.

On Friday we goofed around in Waikiki and then left for American Samoa.