Okuma Matata!

Yesterday we headed 2 hours up north of the Island to the Okuma Beach Resort with all of the Camp Adventure staff on Okinawa.  It was our first adventure off of base and we were all beyond excited to finally see some of Okinawa’s infamous beaches! The Okuma resort is known for water sports, and because it is on a military base, we got the discounts for jet skiing, banana boating, and tubing. It was absolutely amazing, jet skiing out into the East China Sea and falling off of the banana boat, and the first time that it truly hit me that I was in Japan.

Japanese and American flags - best of both worlds here

Okuma Resort

Jet skiing in the East China Sea

Surfs uppp!

Banana boating time!

That night our day camp and aquatics staff for Kinser moved onto our own base, sad to leave the Foster group behind, but ready to plan some great weekend trips with them. Our accommodations at Camp Kinser have totally exceeded my expectations, with our own rooms, queen size beds, and bathroom, sink area and fridge. My room has an ocean view, which I couldn’t be happier about.

 We have reached TCCOR 2 tonight, which stands for Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness, and it was a black flag day 

symbolizing extreme heat and humidity. The typhoon is supposed to hit with around 85 -105 mph winds tonight and tomorrow night, therefore we are clueless as to whether we will even have our first day of work tomorrow. We’re stocked up with water and dry foods and ready to take on Typhoon Guchol! #Islandlife #lovinit