About that time... - 19 August 2009

Ladies and Gents, it is about that time to transition. Why? Because a lot has happened in my life since I last posted. I have been in the United States for almost three months now, having arrived on 23 May 2009. The significant changes are highlighted in one last post you will see shortly. But before I go I want to share what the last two months of my time in Okinawa was like.

It is hard to remember now, but I believe a few pictures will bring it back pretty quickly. These pictures and descriptions tell of the big four things I wrote about in my last post that I wanted to accomplish before I left. In no particular order, here they are:

(1) travel to historic Iwo Jima (2) complete requirements and testing for my private pilot's license (3) bike around the perimeter of the island over a long weekend (4) SCUBA dive in the Kerama islands off southwest tip of Okinawa, said to be one of the top dive sites in the world according to Jacques Cousteau.

I am very pleased to report that I was able to do all four before I left, and I was able to capture some of the memories.

Atop historic Mt. Suribachi with Iwo Jima landing beach in the background.

Trek around Okinawa. At this point I was about 1/3 of the way around.

I seriously am licensed to fly single-engine planes. Ridiculous, I know, but true.

Beautiful Okinawa from the sky.

And now, on to another chapter, which you can read about in the next post. Pretty sure it will prove to be even better than this one. Amen. Thank you and bless.

In Him who is able to do immeasurably more,
Steven Robert Haack