LUCKY Okonomiyaki Bar

One lovely evening in September, Rodney and I headed out to meander Kadena Gate 2 Street. This is a popular area for shopping during the day and other stuff the darker it gets. We had no intentions of being there much after dark. But, we did decide to stay long enough for dinner when we discovered LUCKY!!

In true Oki fashion, this little place held a variety of options. To your right when you walk in the door was a bar, straight ahead, where Rodney's sitting, is the food part, and beyond that is a tattoo parlor!! (Which also seemed to double as a 'sleep-it-off' space, currently in action during our visit! The waitress apologized profusely when the guy started talking quite loudly in his sleep.)

The decor was quite eclectic, yet entertaining.

Our friends in Iwakuni had introduced us to this dish during our visit to that area of the mainland, specifically Hiroshima. I since learned different areas have their own version of this noodle dish, kind of like different versions of BBQ in different parts of the US. This wasn't exactly Hiroshima style, but still quite tasty!

The owner seemed honored (and surprised) that we knew okonomiyaki and chose to dine at his establishment and took our picture for us in front of the diner next to the outdoor seating.

Chaplain Spouse Fun

In September, I had a couple of extra opportunities to enjoy some time with my fellow Chaplain Spouses. The first was the annual Welcome Aboard shindig for both Navy spouses and Marine spouses.

 This sweet lady, Carrie, was known as our lucky rabbit's foot. She was absolutely the LUCKIEST lady we knew when it came to door prizes. She literally won something every single time!! And often, just like this day, her ticket was drawn twice!!! (She legally had tickets in both the Marine spouses pot and the Navy spouses pot.) Not only that, we determined that if you "rub elbows with her", her luck rubs off on you.... and guess what--- it did for me!!! I pretty much never win door prizes, but that day I did!!! (Not to mention 2-3 of our other Navy Chaplain spouses!!)

 And I didn't just win some measly little door prize, I won a seriously coveted terracotta jack-o-lantern from the Navy Gift Shop!!!

After the Welcome Aboard festivities, we did a practice run of flying SCREAMING sock monkeys in preparation for our Religious Ministries Team bash!!

Later in the month, a few of us adventured to lunch at a local coffee shop and planned to do a little shopping at Uptight India, but it turned out to be closed that day. We settled for Plan B and did some shopping at the neighboring San-A grocery store/shopping center. Regardless of where we went, it was great company!!

Manzamo Point

Saturday afternoon we were able to cross off another bucket list item, thanks to a group outing to Manzamo Point!

We were greeted by a quaint shopping area equipped with a cute picture spot....

...we just had to take advantage of!!

From there, one simply follows the path to the overlook with a pit stop to make friends with a banana spider!!

(BTW-- this guy was about as big as my whole hand....!!!)

And there it is!!

The crags along the overlook were quite a sight.

This double banana-boat is homed at this beach playground. Actually it's a water playground as all the inflatable climbing equipment is on the water!

A cool sign pointing out the highlights of the area.

Kafuu Resort Suite

Our room with a view

Of course, we had our own Shisas standing guard at our door.

Our inland view from the front door.
The trees on the golf course are still bear from the typhoon beatings they've received.

Shoe closet at the entry containing an umbrella to borrow and house slippers and flip-flops to use and take home.

View down the hall from the entry

Door on the right-- bedroom for the mama and papa

On the left-- the restroom...

...and the shower room

Japanese tub and shower room

Two more beds in the living area

Peek-a-boo window between the master bedroom and the rest of the suite

Living area

Kitchen

A peek at the view

Looking down at the pool

Looking down at the hot tub in the pool area 

Do we look happy enough?!?!?!

Couldn't get enough of that view!!