Honolulu!

A rainbow on our first day in Honolulu

Control room of the HPower facility

Students in front of the HPower Waste to Energy plant

The MV Explorer in Honolulu

On the beach with Diamond Head in the distance

On the first day in Honolulu I led a trip to the HPower Waste to Energy facility, where they burn municipal waste to produce electricity.  There was a great group of students on the trip who asked lots of good questions about the process, air pollution issues, and alternative forms of energy production.  Later that night I had a great Hawaiian dinner with some faculty from the ship at The Willows, an open-air restaurant that has been in Honolulu since 1947.  The second day was a relaxed day of hiking around downtown Honolulu and shopping....finding just the right Hawaiian shirt and some Christmas presents.