Phew, so many posts!  But I’m sure this is the one that you’ve all been waiting for *coughheidicough*  We did finally make it to Okinawa on December 6th, a day late and many dollars short!  Hawaii is expensive ya know.  So it’s winter time, right?  I would say it was probably around 70 degrees or so out here.  Beautiful!  We keep hearing about how we’ll acclimate and next winter we’ll be like everyone else bundled up when the temps reach 60!  I do wish I had some pictures of the locals out here with their parkas on :)

But anyway, the TLF was really nice (much better than Turner on Fort Campbell!)  We had two adjoining rooms, a full size table and kitchen, and two full bathrooms.  Like I mentioned in my last post, there are no elevators, so that was really stinky.  Plus, no internet hook ups in the rooms.  Oh well, we survived.  Well, I just barely survived only getting to go to the library maybe once a day to check my facebook.  Here are pictures of us in our first few days on the island!

After Tyler got his driver’s license we rented a van so we could do a little sight seeing.  He took us to Torii Beach,  it’s on Torii Station, one of only 2 Army posts on the entire island.  The sand was a bit rocky, but we had a BLAST messing around in the sand and ocean!  Too bad we weren’t just a bit more prepared with shorts/t-shirts.  We still had a great time though! 

After we were done at the beach we headed over to a store called Jusco.  I’ve heard people describe it as a “Japanese Wal Mart”  Oh no, it’s way cooler than that!  It’s actually like a huge mall, except without the separate stores.  There are food courts and a huge arcade.  They are several floors, they sell clothes, appliances, some furniture, all sorts of stuff.  There is a HUGE pink wall dedicated to Hello Kitty.  Now that was scary.  Next time I’ll take pictures.  I was so overwhelmed that day.  It was right before Christmas on a Saturday and the place was packed!  We picked lunch up at one of the stands.  We ordered a few chicken skewer type of things, and some other fried potato things.  I’m actually not 100% sure what I ate, but it was good!  That was pretty much the last time we were able to explore together.  We bought a van, but it has been giving us trouble and is in the shop right now.  Bummer!!!!  Tyler has a great little black car, but we don’t all fit in, so it’s been impossible for us to go out all together!  My next post I’ll catch you all up on our new house and Christmas :)