Travelog for: Barney

We also got to visit the Chinese Gardens. It was such a quiet calm place. I won't talk too much about it, just let you see the beautiful photos. It was a wonderful place to visit!









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Barney

We also went to this lighthouse, its at a place called Camp Zanpa.

Isn't it a beautiful view down the coastline?

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Barney

The final morning that Jayme's parents were here she took her mom to go get a pedicure. Toys can't get pedicures of course, but we did get to lounge in the chairs, and it is so comfy in there!

We tried to take a picture out the window, but it didn't come out. So we had to walk outside and take a picture for you, this is the view from the pedicure place. Isn't it nice?

I hope you liked the updates from their visit! I think we all need a real vacation now...
Barney

Dear Mommy,
I'm sorry for the slow updates! Jayme's been very, very busy, but I promise we'll have some new ones soon. One day she decided to take off and take us and the kids up to the aquarium! Here you can see the fish we saw.


And at the very end we got to see a whale shark! They're very big. Unfortunately we couldn't get a better picture because it was feeding time so they were hanging out near the back of the tank.

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Barney

We also go to go spend a few hours relaxing at the beach one day when it was nice out!

I helped the kids play in the sand.

And all of us toys relaxed on the beach towel for awhile.

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Barney

Did you see the news stories about the huge dust storm in Beijing? We didn't have nearly so bad a problem, but we did get some left over dust from the storms. Here's the view from Jayme's apartment. Do you see the fog? That's all dust. Yuck! When you go outside you can taste it a bit. Jayme said the news sources say the dust is safe, but we didn't want to risk it, so we stayed inside unless we had to go out.

We did look up the dust storms in China though. We're very glad it wasn't that bad here!

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Barney

I am sorry I haven't updated more quickly! Jayme's been very busy getting her school work done so even though we've done some neat things we simply haven't had time to sit at the computer to write them out since Jayme's been using it to get her work done. We did take a break to celebrate Jayme's birthday! Can you believe how big a cake her husband got for just 4 people and a few tv's?

After that the weather was just too beautiful to stay inside so we took our lunch to go have a picnic at the beach. Isn't it pretty?

But Jayme forgot to charge the batteries (d'oh!) so we only got one picture! After that we got back in the car, where thankfully Jayme keeps a battery charger, and drove to a nearby cliffside for a walk. We took some nice pictures along the way.



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Barney

We were able to celebrate Easter here in Japan! Though the Japanese don't celebrate it, Jayme's family is American so they do. Oddly, the Easter bunny brought Jayme's children Easter bookbags instead of Easter baskets. Jayme said he was probably just trying to make things easier for the move since the bookbags are just the right size for the children to carry their toys on the plane.

After the boys checked out their Easter bookbags we went off to find all the eggs the Easter bunny had hidden! We all helped look. Here's the ones I found.


Then it was time to open up all those eggs, look at that candy pile! Plenty to go around!

After that we took some time to color eggs. First we got out the kit that we were going to use

Then we had to set everything up. Eggs, dye, and lots of paper towels to catch the mess.

Here's the egg coloring

And more

And finally the finished product!

We were all pretty worn out Another update to come soon,
Barney

Jayme decided to take the day before her final exam for us to go out and relax a bit. That's kind of backwards isn't it? But she said the weather was just too nice not to go out, so off we went to the Renassaince Resort. We started out by the indoor pool and watched the kids go down the water slides. They had lots of fun.

Us toys relaxed in the lounge chair.

From there we went outside to grab a bite to eat. Here you can see the hotel from where we were sitting

The kids had chicken nuggets and fries, not very creative but it kept them happy til it was time to go home.

There was also an outside pool, but it was a little chilly so no one was in it.

Finally we headed down to the beach at the Renassaince for a bit.


The children were having fun burying each other so we decided to try it out and bury Haggis.

Don't worry, no toys were harmed from this picture, Haggis dug himself out very quickly.

After that we headed home. Jayme has to take her final next, and hopefully after that we'll get to relax some and do some more fun updates!
Barney

We got to go back to the Peace Park yet again since Jayme decided she wanted to take a drive. Today we went to a new spot there though, they had a pretty neat playground!

We also go to stop by the museum. Here's the outside, sadly we weren't allowed to take photos inside

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Barney

We were able to visit a very neat site here on Okinawa! We started off by walking up a path with lots and lots of flowers.

Finally at the top we found out where we are. Nakagusuku Castle, an UNESCO site here on Okinawa.

Here you can see me next to a model of the castle with the actual castle in the background.

Here's a better look at the castle.

We went up many stairs

Finally we were way up at the top! Isn't it a lovely view. Here's the inside of the castle

And you can see the Pacific Ocean here.

Hopefully we'll get out again soon!
Barney

We got to go visit a fun place called Forest Adventure Park. Unfortunately us tvs only got to see it from the sidelines. Jayme said it was a bit too dangerous for us to go on the course since if we fell down we'd be lost for good and it'd be a little too easy to drop us. We did get to watch her and others while we waited though. Forest Adventure is a zipline and obstacle course. You can see the zipline course behind me. The lines may be a little too small to see clearly, but they go over the valley, which is very deep. Those aren't shrubs below, they're full grown mature, very tall trees. You can see while she didn't want to drop us on accident!

To show you what the course is like, here is the practice course. Before you're allowed to do the real course they have you go through the practice course so they're sure you know all the safety precautions. They don't want anyone falling!

Finally there's the obstacle course. There's a net that you jump into like tarzan hanging from a rope then you pull yourself up. And then lots of other various obstacles you can walk over.

Here's a picture of Jayme, you can see why it would be kind of hard for her to hold us for poses as well since she was holding one for dear life, which was at least pretty funny to watch

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Barney

Well, technically we have a couple more udpates to write about Okinawa, but I thought you'd like to see what we've been up to the last couple weeks and so I thought we'd jump ahead and come back to the Okinawa updates once Jayme can download the information from the camera. First is our last night on Okinawa. We went out to eat at Jayme's favorite restraunt. It's called Sam's

They cook the food in front of you so it comes in courses. First is a small treat made of Okinawa sweet potato.

Next comes Navy Bean soup, and you can also see Jayme's new glass in the background. She ordered her drink with a souvinier glass since it was her last visit

Next comes salad

Then the cook arrives and cooks right in front of you! It's served right off the stove of course. We started with potatoes, onions, and green peppers

Then came the meat

And finally came the fried rice and beans

Yum! At least we'll have our bellies full for what comes next
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Barney

The next day we got up and sat and sat at the airport trying to catch a flight. Finally we left to go home for a bit and came back at midnight to try for a flight then. We were flying space-available so unfortunately we couldn't get on just any flight. Finally we made it on the one at midnight! But it wasn't time for the plane to leave til 3am. We were all very, very tired. And unfortunately Jayme isn't allowed to take pictures of the plane or the airport since it is on a military base But once we got on the plane we could take a shot of us in the seats, looks like an ordinary plane doesn't it? Really we're on a seat above a HUGE cargo hold. We flew on a C-5 which is one of the largest planes out there.

After a long, long 10 hour flight we arrived in... Alaska? We checked into a hotel there even though we'd only have a few hours to sleep, but the kids had a hard time sleeping because it was still light out! Kind of neat really. Here's the view from our hotel at 11pm.

Finally we went back to the airport at 5am to catch our next flight. This one was on a slightly smaller plane, but still very big. We had to get onto our seats first.

But after take off we were able to get out and stretch, and look at how much stretching room there was! The kids had a blast running and playing during the flight. It was lots of fun. They even took a nap spread out on blankets on the floor.

Finally after all those plane rides we made it to Camp Pendleton's airfield just North of San Diego. We took a taxi to the beach to wait for Jayme's ride to show up, since she had an hour or so to drive. We just crossed the Pacific!

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Barney

I am sorry I didn't update for so long! We had all sorts of internet problems and couldn't get the pictures up, but hopefully over the next few days you'll get to find out what I've been up to for the last month. We spent a lot of time just relaxing at Jayme's in-laws house, but we forgot to take pictures there. D'oh! We did do some day trips though. Our first one was to Balboa Park in San Diego to visit the Science Center. Here I am looking towards the park from the parking lot where we waited for the park tram.

And here's the Rubean H. Fleet Science Center. All the buildings here are done in a similar architectural fashion.

Inside was very neat, there were lots of handson science experiments for the children to explore as well as a small area for children under 6 (Jayme's barely made the cut off!) where they could play with balls and other toys. Here you can see some pictures inside.



When we came out the water fountain was on! Here is the water fountain outside the museum and behind it you can see the Natural History Museum.

Here's the central area of the park where we waited for the tram to come get us again.

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Barney