Okinawa Trip: Monday

 Monday morning we drove the hour back down to Camp Foster.  I wanted to go by Plaza Housing, so we did that.  I was able to find my house and that was really neat.  We drove around a bit but there was little that was familiar, aside from the house and some of my close neighbors.  The weather was drizzly and rainy, and we drove down to see the "American Village" that had been built since I had lived there.   It was raining, so we didn't look around too  much.

The rain stopped about the time we got back to the cabin, which was good.  We needed nice weather for our grand adventure!  At low tide, we planned to walk out to a fun-looking cluster of tiny islands. The weather wasn't "nice" exactly.  It was a breezy 68, but it wasn't raining and the water was not cold, and we had islands to explore.

So we did!  And it was just as awesome a it sounds.  Low tide was at 2:15, so we waded out at 1:30, and it was waist deep on me.  Dan piggy-backed Rylee and Delaney clung tightly to my hand.  Callie walked and Marian just swam.  We had a good time exploring and collecting shells and I made us head back at 2:15 on the dot.  I did not want to get stuck out there when the tide came in.

Tuesday we visited Kadena and the thrift stores and then drove back to Naha, where we flew back to Fukuoka and took the Shin back to Iwakuni.  No pictures of that because it wasn't very exciting.

The entry gate to Plaza.

 That's my house!  I lived there!

 And it looks exactly the same.   It is up for renovation in the next few years, so that's nice.

In American Village, the girls found a fun shop with these excellent stuffed animals.

So they all had to pose that they were being eaten by them.  I love Delaney's face here.

They are silly girls. And they make me laugh. 

That is the cluster of islands we wanted to walk over to. And the tide is down. 

Off we went! 

Okay, maybe it wasn't really thrilling, but it was cool to do it. 

Marian wanted a photo here.  I love the deadpan face! 

Callie's Heroic Pose on the rocks.  Exploring was fun. 

Walking over to the next little rock island. 

Rylee sure is cute. 

 And she still lets me take photos, so that's why you get more of her!

Eventually we all moseyed over to this rock island. 

Marian walked all the way around it.  Apparently it was really rocky and there were some big crabs that were cool, but scary. 

Only Rylee would take a selfie with me! 

While collecting shells, we tried really hard to not steal any that were inhabited.  Callie did get a lovely collection of homeowners though. 

They were a lively crew, but we had to leave them behind.   

Starting the hike back. 

There's Callie, swimming along.

And  here is the goodbye picture.  This is the view from Naha Airport.