No problem, Carol, send her over. I think she'll like Rota. I hear it's beautiful but I haven't been able to get there yet. Wakana has been several times (before we met) and assures me it's worth the trip. We'll get over there one of these days.

Tomorrow I begin teaching at the Japanese School on my own. No more visits, no life lines, no back up. The assistant principal was worried that I'd forget to come to work on July 4 so he called me today to remind me that school would be in session.

Today Wakana and I walked up the Namo River. The 'river' runs down past our house, about 100 yards off through the jungle, with a waterfall somewhere in there. Down in Agat the Corps of Engineers has built a big flood control project with concrete side walls and an outlet to the sea. We wandered up from the road looking at the system they put in and enjoying the afternoon. It wasn't too awful hot and we had the wind in our faces going up stream. On the way back we were walking with the wind so it felt hotter. Back at the car I slipped into the water for a quick swim then we came home.

There is a tropical storm off to the southwest of us. It poses no danger for us but the surf on the reef is fantastic. Yesterday the waves were very high and crashed quite spectacularly on the rocky islands. They would rise up from a dull green sea and go from pale green to white as they curled and then crashed on the little islands.

I sometimes have to pinch myself to make sure this isn't a dream. The island is so pretty and life is so good here. Between my life with Wakana and the fun things that make up my other time I seem to have the world by the tail. Is there another shoe coming up?