Family Outing to Ocean Expo Park

It's been a while since I've posted anything but work and home have kept me busy lately. This morning I took the family up to Ocean Expo Park in Northern Okinawa, with the sloooow traffic/speed limits it took over an hour to get there. The weather was beautiful - (12:30) over 80 degrees and not too humid, with a nice cool sea breeze the entire time. After a quick detour to a butterfly and tropical bird center just south of the park, we went to the aquarium and checked out the fishies and the dolphin show. The girls weren't too grumpy so afterwards we went North a mile or so to Emerald Beach. Since it's still so early in the year, the ocean was pretty icy but because it was so hot out it was refreshing. When my husband took this pic it was 3:00 and the tide was coming in. When I originally walked out to that floating thing I had folded my jeans up and was all good but by the time I got down to get the camera the water was already knee-high so my jeans got totally soaked but the girls were real troopers and were fine with the small trek back out there. I'm glad we took that trip up North because I think it might be the last nice weekend before the real heat gets here. I like to hit that beach during the summer because the water is perfectly clear and has a perfect emerald color. It's really a beautiful place.