Our biggest excitement planned for today was supposed to be a whale watching tour off the coast of Okinawa. However when we were wakened at 5:30 this morning by rattling windows and shaking beds, I knew that there was more excitement in store for us.
Although it was a 7.0 quake centered just off the coast of Okinawa, there's nothing to show for it, much to CNN's dismay. They had requests on their website "Are you there? Send video and photos!" and I thought about sending a picture of all our concrete bunkers still standing just as pretty today as yesterday, but we had a whale cruise waiting on us and had to get out the door!
So despite the standing tsunami warning we boarded a boat and headed out to see. Isn't that the safest place during a tsunami anyways? The humpback whales are in the area for two months supposedly frolicing and being frisky, but alas, not today. Maybe the earthquake woke them too early too. So we did see some whales, but just a fleeting glimpse of fins and tails and a puff of water. It was beautiful out on the boat, although a bit of a wild ride coming home as the chop picked up. Some of our boatmates obviously didn't take their Dramamine. Our kids unfortunately were less than enthusiastic about the ride. I had London and Emmy stuck on me on the way out and you can see what happened to them on the way back!
After reaching port we found a local fish market that I had heard about and finally hit the jackpot for fresh fish! Loads and loads of fresh tuna, parrot fish, octopus, squid and all other types of fish. They even had flying fish and unicorn fish which I've never seen except in one of Cannon's books! Stevie was in heaven.
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