The days after Karen's wedding were spent exploring the island. The "North Shore" was beautiful and Pearl Harbor was touching. Riding the ferry to the Arizona Memorial made me wonder what it will be like to visit Hiroshima and experience the impact of the ending of the war now that the beginning was clear.
One more thing before hitting the road. It was time to lose the hair and start anew.
2 comments:
Actually, I found Nagasaki a more profound experience (it was the recipient of the first bomb; Hiroshima gets more credit because we had to drop another one there before Japan finally surrendered). There is an obelisk at ground zero in Nagasaki pointing up to the spot that the bomb detonated at (they explode before hitting the ground in order to do more damage).
- Todd
Ooops - I got it wrong: Nagasaki was the second recipient, not the first.
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