Byodo-In, Valley of the Temples
The four little sisters
We rang the 3 ton bell with this log. It sounded so beautiful and was so big!
Behind the temple, there was a bamboo forest.
Thousands of names had been carved into the bamboo trunks & so did we!
Kalama Beach
Awesome boogie boarding spot where Christian learned to body surf on this day!
Madelyn also was the 1st one in our family to learn first hand of the "Portugese Man of War" (type of jelly fish). She had nasty welts along her fingers. She decided to stay on shore & just play in the sand. Ouch!! Holly found two of them in the sand, and picked them up in a coconut shell. This is what two of the "Man of War"s look like:
