Here is a nifty boat that my husband called a "Wanna-be Pirate ship Look at how gray the sky was


Here is a dead starfish that we saw while walking along the peer.


Here is a crosswalk sign. I thought it was funny because it is obviously a man on the sign... does this mean that woman aren't allowed to cross the street?


And here is one of the shrines that was out on Shimoda Bay.


Shirahama beach is a favorite of surfers and of course the typhoon made for some nice waves, so we got a chance to watch some really good surfers. Despite the nasty weather we still went and stood in the ocean for a while, letting the waves come up to about waist high. There was some MAJOR undertow, even in just about a foot of water. I'm sooooo glad my husband doesn't surf, I'd be worried sick!

One thing about ocean water- it stinks!! When we left we piled our wet clothes on the floor in the car and a few hours later our whole car smelled soooooooo bad.

Because the weather had been so nasty we decided once we got home to get a room at DoD run hotel about an hour away. It was fun and almost made up for out 206 mile journey to meet up with a typhoon