One of two ropes that they use for the tug of war. They connect them and then everyone at the festival joins in on the tug of war! This is not near as big as the tug of war in Naha (biggest in the world), but I was in the Philippines during that one. Hopefully we will make it next year!
Here is how they connect the two ropes. Then the mayor of the town said something as well as a representative from Kadena. The festival was really great. They had all sorts of food for sale up and down Gate 2 street.
These people are displaying their skills.... I am not sure what type of skills, but it was really cool. There were also groups doing different Eisa dances, which are traditional Okinawan dances.
That is me pulling the rope during the tug of war. My side lost.
There is Nate during his round. His side lost too.
There were three rounds of pulling. The first one was for kids and it was so cute... I am not sure if the rope moved or not.
Last week we had our Navy Fleet Gift Shop Volunteer Christmas Party! It was held at Kelly Varner's home. We had lots of yummy food and an ornament exchange... we are holding our ornaments in the pic! We love our volunteers and couldn't run the store without them!
That is me pulling the rope during the tug of war. My side lost.
There is Nate during his round. His side lost too.
This past Sunday we headed out to the "Motorcycle Course" on Kadena for some practicing! I thought people would get a kick out of our pictures. I am officially a licensed motor scooter driver! I completed my two-day safety class yesterday. Nathan will take his class next Monday and Tuesday. We could not take the class together because we both have to have our own bikes to ride! I did miss 5 points on my driving skills test for not going fast enough on one of the courses! I didn't trust myself to go any faster and still make it through the cones... better safe than sorry! I will post how Nate does next week!
We headed out of town on Saturday when I got done with work... Nate had the Pajero ready to go! We drove up to the northern most point of Okinawa called Cape Hedo. By the time we arrived at Hedo Beach it was dark... so we set up camp in the dark, which we have become pros at by now! The picture above shows our campsite the next morning. After we made breakfast we headed out for a day of exploring.
We we to the peak of some neighboring cliffs and this is the view of Cape Hedo from the top. The weather was really rainy and dreary all weekend unfortunately.
After driving up the west coast of the island on Saturday we started to head 
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