Okuma, Japan

I had an amazing day yesterday. We left Camp Foster at 7:15 and headed to Okuma (another base on Okinawa). Okuma was one of the most beautiful places I have ever been in my life. For the first few hours we had to do team building activities with all 60 of us camp counselors. It was a lot of fun and we did it along side the beautiful ocean. Afterward we went and signed up for some activities to do throughout the day. My roommate Kristine and I signed up for kayaking and banana boating. We first went kayaking. I had never done this before but it was so much fun. We tried going through a really small cave while we were doing it and Kristine's oar fell off of the kayak and she jumped in to get it and the coral reef below us cut up her legs. Then I looked above and around me and there were crabs the size of my head crawling all around me. I HATE crabs so I freaked out. It was not funny at the time, but now whenever I think about it I crack up. The ocean at Okuma was the clearest ocean I have ever seen. After Kayaking we went banana boating. Banana boating is a really long inflatable that gets pulled behind a boat. It can hold anywhere from 8-10 people. We got 10 girls to go with us and we had a blast. It is hard to hold onto the inflatable and you get pulled in all directions. I was towards the front of the banana and my swimsuit bottoms fell down multiple times. I was glad it was all girls in my group! There was so many fun things to do in Okuma, but we did not have time to do all of them yesterday so we are going back to celebrate my friend Austin's birthday in the middle of July. On the drive back there were so many pretty things to see. When we got home we all went off base to get dinner. We went to a restaurant called Dragon. We sat at the tables where you have to sit on the ground to eat. The food was the best Okinawan food I have had so far while being here.

We start out swim lessons tomorrow! Wish me luck!