Alleged happenings on Okinawa in December 1970 . . .
[Remember when I noted there are several thousand skerries around Okinawa?]
[Well, I may have photographed every one of them . . . ]
[My guess – sugar cane . . . ]
[You can tell by the blueness of the water this was another trip to the Pacific side . . . ]
[I have reason to suspect this is Ou Shima on the SE side of the main island. I’m pretty sure we didn’t go there . . . ]
[These cliffs were the last defence line of the Japanese forces on the Okinawa island in 1945. Many chose to jump to their deaths rather than be captured or killed by American forces. Today, this area is called Peace Prayer Park (tracesofwar.com).]
[Views from the cliffs . . . ]
[On the SE corner of the country . . . ]
[As noted, it’s a park – heavily frequented by tourists . . . ]
[Likely the village of Mabuni . . . ]
[Another I remember the guy but not his name. I remember this day and this walk . . . ]
[School kids on field trips . . . ]
[And now we’re driving away from the cliff . . . ]
[What the island’s interior mostly looks like . . . ]
[What the island’s exterior mostly looks like . . . ]
[Yes, a long and winding road from an overlook . . . ]
[The next 6 photos are shots along the coast road . . . ]
[Now we’re at the top of the East-West store in Futema, our “home town” . . . ]
[The above is shooting back at our military area and below is shooting up toward the north and Yaetake Peninsula . . . ]
[This is shooting south toward the capital city of Naha . . . ]
[Shooting east across the island . . . ]
[Shooting north along the city’s main street . . . ]
[Looking through the city to the SE . . . ]
[Looking to the NE . . . ]
[Window shopping the street, with the ubiquitous John Morton . . . ]
[I’m not in Minnesota anymore . . . ]
War is life multiplied by some number that no one has ever heard of. ~ Sebastian Junger
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! This is the follow-up to the original, “alexandriacardinals.wordpress.com,” which overwhelmed the system’s ability to handle it any more. Thus, this is “Part 2.” As the original was initially described:
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“It all began in a 5,000 watt radio station in Fresno, California” . . . wait a minute, that was Ted Baxter on the Mary Tyler Moore Show! Let’s see . . . oh yeah, it all began in 2003 when retirees, i.e., old people, in Alexandria, Minnesota, who had no desire to become snow birds, went looking for mid-winter entertainment here in the frozen tundra of West Central Minnesota. We discovered girls’ high school hockey, fell in love immediately, and it remains our favorite spectator sport to this day. Initially, and for several years, reports on these games were e-mailed to those who were actually snowbirds but wanted to keep abreast of things “back home.” It was ultimately decided a blog would be more efficient, and it evolved into a personal diary of many things that attracts tens of readers on occasion. It remains a source of personal mental therapy and has yet to elicit any lawsuits.
~ The Editor, May 9, 2014
p.s. The photo border around the blog is the Cardinal girls’ hockey team after just beating Breck for the state championship in 2008. It’s of the all-tournament team. The visible Breck player on the left is Milica McMillen, then an 8th-grader – she is now an All-American for the Gophers. The Roseau player in the stocking cap I believe is Mary Loken, who went on to play for UND; and the Cardinal player on the right, No. 3, is Abby Williams, the player we blame most for making us girls’ hockey fans who went on to play for Bemidji State.
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Photos contained herein are available for personal use. All you have to do is double click on any of the photos and they will become full screen size. You can then save them into your personal “My Pictures” file. They make lovely parting or hostess gifts, or holiday gifts for such as Uncle Ernie who wants to see how his grand niece is doing on the hockey team. If any are sold for personal profit, however, to, for example, the Audubon Society, National Geographic, Sven’s Home Workshop Monthly, Curling By The Numbers, or the World Wrestling Federation, I only request that you make a donation to the charitable organization of your choice. You have two hours and fifteen minutes. Pencils ready? Begin!
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