Okinawa-rama

We decided to go camping this weekend. We went to the beach on the northernmost tip of the island, called Hedo Point. Our friends Kay and Chad joined us. Kiyomasa, Nana and their baby, Nobu also met us up there but didn't spend the night. We got our little camp set up and Chad and Joe immediately hopped in the water to go spear fishing. The rest of us chilled out in our little shade tent. And it soon got hot. Veerrryyy hot. I felt so bad for my little one and made a little icepack for his back to cool him off. Nobu didn't seem to be too bothered by the heat. I wish I had a picture of him. He's just a few months older than Gabe and all hair and chubbiness. If Kiyo and Nana send us some photos, I'll post them up here. Meanwhile, here's some images of our adventure. In the evening, by the way, it was much more pleasant. Chad and Joe caught a bunch of lobster. And the next day, we changed our camp location to a shady beach under a bridge, of all places. Kay and I snorkeled and found a really cool shipwreck not far from shore. We saw some enormous lionfish, a bunch of puffers and all kinds of other stuff. Chad and Joe then went out and came back with another lobster and about 3 other fish. We cooked them up the next day and Joe made a delicious lobster bisque.

Okay, here are those pictures.




Gabe prepares for his first "swim".





And...he doesn't like it.






Kay tossing a horseshoe.





Joe and Chad watch from the sidelines before getting in on the horseshoe action.





Check out the concentration there.

More pictures to come...