The Naval Base

We've spent the majority of our time in Japan on base so far. This experience in a new country has been made even more wonderful by the things made available to us here. We are able to live in and experience this completely foreign place with all of the excitement, anxiety, and discovery that that entails, but we have this haven to come to also. On base we can get American food. We have the fast food staples like McDonalds (which, of course, has permeated Yokosuka also), Subway, Taco Bell, and several others. There's a Chili's. There is a Starbucks. We have the commissary to buy American groceries and the Navy Exchange to shop for merchandise
(think Walmart that sells Coach purses, etc + there is a whole baby store.) We can bowl. We can go to the movies and see a new release for $4. We can rent American movies. There is hourly ChildCare and Daycare available. There is a Co-op preschool. Trips was worried about losing the routine he had lived for so many years of working out in the morning at the Executive. Well, there is also a state of the art Gym we have free access to, which just happens to be right across the street from Trips' school and that also supposedly has childcare available. (See photo in "Yokosuka 1" album on Photo Journal page. T is pointing to his classroom from Mikasa Park. The building behind with the arched roofs is the gym). There are several playgrounds, great views of the bay, a hobby shop, many, many programs and classes available for all of us. We have 2 buses that circumnavigate the base in both directions, so getting around is pretty easy.
I don't mean to brag - I'm just excited and thankful and wanted to share.
Until next time...