Just another lazy Saturday on Guam. It was cloudy all day. We headed out about 3:00 to go to the pharmacy and the Japanese Autumn Festival at Ipao Beach Park. We'd gone to it last year and enjoyed ourselves though we'd arrived too early to see any of the really fun stuff on stage. This year we decided to go later in the day.

As we prepared to leave the house the clouds that had threatened all day finally opened up and it poured rain. We waited and, as it usually does in Guam, the shower passed.

I had bought a pair of windshield wipers for Wakana (yeah, ain't I a romantic!) and I stuck them on to her car. It began raining as we headed down the hill. Wakana was fascinated by how well the new wipers worked. She kept turning them on and exclaiming about how clean the window was. She's so funny.

The rain let up for the festival. They had apparently gotten some of it but there were lots of people there and the stage was working well. We wandered around the grounds. Last year Wakana had been able to buy some used Japanese novels at the festival and she hoped to do so again. Unfortunately that booth only had Japanese comic books and they are not her cup of tea.

We met the vice-principal of the Japanese School on the grounds and he appeared happy to see me. He told me I could come back if I wanted... I do want to go visit the kids and drop off a holiday card. I also want to show them that I finally got rid of the cast.

We also ran into two of the families we had our Hilton Thanksgiving dinner with as well as one of Wakana's students and one of mine. It was nice to go somewhere and meet up with people we knew.