Okuma Take 3

Yes, we went to Okuma again. For the third time this summer. The first time I took the boys while Thomas was in Alaska. Then we went as a family for a few days. Well, we forgot a few things (beach towels and swim trunks) in the laundry there. So, weather being nice, and Daddy on leave we decided if we were going to drive all that way just to stay for a few nights. The boys had been begging to tent camp. We hadn't stayed in a tent since camping last summer with the Larson family.
So, here we go again.
These are some pictures I took on the ride up. The first one so accurately shows living here. Concrete everywhere, power lines strung about like tacky Christmas garland, Family Mart sign in the background (Japanese equivalent of a 7-11), Tower apartments, itty bitty cars, and way more traffic than street and parking available.


This one was taken around the Onna Village area. It's just as you are getting away from Okinawa city and where there are many resorts. The traffic is more manageable and the view os much nicer.


While walking one morning we came across the land of Banana spiders. We have been here 2 years now (whoa...2 years?! I can hardly believe it has been that long) and this was the first time we had seen them. They were everywhere and some were quite huge. This one was about as bit as my palm.


A not so friendly crab that was stuck on the street trying to make his way back to the water before the sun baked him. Thomas used a stick to help him up onto the grass. The boys though it was so funny watching the crab fight the stick.



Dayton being kept busy with a pudding snack pack while we packed up to leave.


The camping trip I had talked about with the Larson family, here is a picture of Dayton then. The file says July 29, 2007, so almost 1 year ago. Look how chunky and bald he was.


We had a great time, and tent camping wasn't too bad. A/C would have been nice as it is so hot here right now, but we survived. The kids played until they couldn't move, falling asleep by the fire each night. They had so much fun making s,mores every night, reading out bedtime stories by flashlight, and sleeping to the sound of the ocean in the background.