At the very beginning of June, we were hit by Typhoon Songda. This was the strongest typhoon I have felt since living here! The winds outside and around our apartment were so loud that it sounded like a jet engine was taking off on the top of the building! When we awoke the next morning, we were surprised to see how much destruction there really was. Here are a few of the trees that were uprooted at Comprehensive Park. 
Fortunately, the "other side" of the storm brought summer! Joe and I went out to find a new beach on Hamahigashima Island. Beautiful!
But we still needed more! The next weekend we went back to Tsuken-jima. The water there was fantastic! You can see just a hint of the great colors in this photo.
We also had my Okinawan music friends over for dinner. We had lasagna and salad with Joe's Key Lime Pie for dessert. They loved everything and asked for seconds :) We even taught them how to play the card game Pit, which was quite a hit. The Japanese/Okinawans are typically very reserved and polite -- and Pit is not! By the end of the evening we were all shouting "Ichi, Ichi, Ichi!" (One! One! One! in Japanese).
One big change at the end of June was that Joe will no longer be working at Camp Foster. He has been transferred to Camp Kinser in Naha. His Okinawan Assistant, Miss Uehara was very sad to see him go (and vice versa!)
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