Welcome to Okuma!

 Okuma is the military owned and run beach resort on the northern end of the island.  It is kind of THE thing to do, and it books up pretty quickly.  Way back when Josh and Dan wanted to go camping, this was the only place that they could go.  While up there, Dan checked on openings and made reservations for the week after Christmas.  It seemed like a great idea.... back on October!

Suddenly, it was Christmas, and the idea of going to a beach resort the day after Christmas was a lot less appealing.  Plus, Dan couldn't take the time off work to go with us.   So it may not have been such a great idea.  Still.  For $65 a night for a nice suite, we decided to go.

I took the kids and we left shortly after returning home from ice skating.  It was about a 90 minute drive in the rain, which was stinky, but not terrible. The rain was pretty awful though!  And it was pouring and windy when we arrived, so that was no fun.  But we got settled in and the kids enjoyed watching tv and staying up late somewhere other than home.

Thursday morning I got up and went for a lovely walk on the beach.  It was glorious!  The water is SO pretty!  The picture really do not do it justice.

Literally, this is the view from the room. Worth the trip, yes?!

The tide was out and it was lovely.

I saw this awesome dead fish on the shore and was impressed. 

Sigh.  So pretty! 

Kind of pretty, but much less desirable!

 The shore was littered with these dead jellyfish.  So I guess it was good that it was too cold to swim. 

 But it sure was gorgeous!

Unfortunately, it was also windy.  And I mean WINDY! Once I got up from the beach, where the sand was not damp from the sea, the wind just picked up the sand and pelted you with it.  It was not fun.  It hurt.  And it got everywhere and into everything.