The Beach

Our guide, Ron, was kind enough to let us Wyoming girls get our feet wet in the Pacific.  We went to a wonderful secluded beach where we walked and collected shells.  My mom has a shell bracelet that my grandpa had made for her when he was on Okinawa during the war.  We found some shells that were very similar to those in the bracelet.  Here is the trail from the road to the beach.

 Here I am walking to the beach.

 Here are Ron, our guide, and Jill.

 Here we are on the beach.  Jill's friend Susan, who works in the Okinawa school district office, came with us as well.

Can you believe how empty this beach is?  We were loving the privacy.  Ron thought it would be a very busy day because it was Golden Week in Japan.  Golden Week is a series of Japanese holidays including Showa Day, a time for reflection about the years Japan was ruled by Emperor Hirohito, and Children's Day, which we blogged about earlier.  Golden Week is the longest holiday period of the Japanese year.