Thai in the Sky

On Saturday our neighbors, Liz and Don, asked us to join them for an adventure to the south end of the island.  They went a few weeks ago and found a remote beach full of tiny spiral shells and other seaside treasures.  Don had a grand idea that he was going to fill this Patron bottle with the shells and Stevie had an idea that he might find some fish. 

Twisting through some farm fields (on roads, not off-roading), we came through a clearing to a beautiful wide beach area.  The tide was way, way out and there were all kinds of tidal pools to explore, shells and sea glass to collect and - fortunately for Stevie - fish to catch!  He was reeling in all kinds of fish including an interesting needle fish (or that's what we're calling it).

Filling the bottle



Fun in the tidal pools.

Waiting for the big one.

After collecting our fill of shells, bits of pottery and sea glass (Don's bottle was only half full, though),

My treasure collection.

Cannon's treasure collection.

our tummies called us to our next stop...Thai in the Sky.  Ok, that's not the real name, but it's acurate.  It's a fantastic Thai restaurant on the top of a hill with a fantastic view of the ocean and beyond. 

View from the restaurant.

To get to the restaurant from the parking lot, you have to pass through an open building housing a strange, eclectic collection of dinosaur and fish fossils.  Not sure which ones were real and which ones were fake, or what they had to do with a Thai restaurant on top of a mountain in Okinawa?

London with a quetzocoatlus fossil (like a flying bird).

This cracked me up - these dinosaurs were for sale but they just looked so funny all perfectly lined up!

I've heard a lot about this restaurant from other Americans and I've been wanting to try it but the 1 hour drive has put me off until now.  It was so good, though, I know we'll go back!