Cottage by the Sea

Finishing up our travels with Henry and Janet, we took them up north to Oura Wan Beach on Camp Schwab.  We managed to snag the cabin that is typically reserved for Colonels and above!

The view from our cabin’s front door.  The cabins sit high on a hill that overlooks the beach.  A patio runs the length of the cabin and has a rocking chair, bench, picnic table and gas grill.

Inside, a large living room with cathedral ceiling.

In many ways this place was nicer than our house.  Point #1—it has a master bath.  (One of two full baths; there’s a second bedroom as well.)

A pull-out bed made the perfect spot for Logan.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Point #2—a reasonably sized kitchen!  And a refrigerator with an ice-maker!  Sigh . . .  Considering this is supposed to be a “cabin”, the kitchen was relatively well-equipped with toaster, pots/pans, dishes, etc.

We went to the aquarium of course.  New camera does a better job handling the aquarium lighting.

My view of Naomi through most of the aquarium.  In fact, this is my view of Naomi quite frequently: during neighborhood walks, errands, even sometimes doing chores around the house.

They had divers in the big tank; it looked to me like they were cleaning the filters.  A number of the bigger fish seemed to enjoy swimming through the divers’ bubbles.

The aquarium loans complementary umbrellas on rainy days!

At the dolphin show, Logan decided he would get a better view by befriending a Japanese family and sitting with them instead of us.

In Logan’s defense, they do put on a pretty good show.

After the aquarium, we finally made it to a restaurant we’d been trying to check out for a while.  (Gaffneys—Pizza in the Sky, remember?)  The food was good, the view was great!

Back at Oura Wan, I found some time to escape and get down to the beach by myself.

In yet another crazy episode, as we were leaving Oura Wan in two vehicles, Jake’s battery died.  So I dropped Henry, Janet and Logan off at Neo Park and Naomi and I backtracked to see if we could jump his vehicle.  No luck.  Jake and I pondered the possibilities over a giant shave ice while Logan and the grandparents continued their adventure with the animals.  Eventually, the whole gang piled in my car and we headed south; the next day we got Henry and Janet on a plane and then turned around for a crazy-quick trip to deliver a new battery to Jake’s stranded vehicle and come home again.  And thus ended our time with Grandma and Grandpa Wilde in Okinawa.

Life since then has been fairly normal—no more vehicle mishaps or missed festivals.  But every day is an adventure, and with two cute kids on a beautiful island, there’s always something to take pictures of!  And that, friends, is why I’ll be back with more soon.  Hope you are well and enjoying life!