Still waiting!!



Pics of Iwakuni, just off base

    On Saturday, we got up early (everyday is early here), and literally walked through every parking lot and hit up every bulletin board in the mid-rises looking for cars for sale. Tracy got her SOFA (status of forces agreement) license on Friday so she is legal to drive on and off base. Jon still has to wait to be completely signed in before he can get his.
We (Tracy) did test drive 3 cars and we have narrowed it to one. We can not get the car until Monday as we have to go off base to get secondary insurance, then go to PMO (police station) on base and register the car in our names, then back off base to transfer the title....a lot of back and forth!
Once we have the car, we will post pictures of it....so not like an american car!
We putzed around town for a bit and hit up a local produce stand....prices are just as high there as they are on base! We also had lunch out in town....thinking Japanese...wrong, we had Thai! Can you say YUMM-O!
This next week should be a busy week too! Monday is Jon's final check in...he has to officially check in with the Sgt Major, after that, he should be good to go, and able to start working again. I will be running around all morning getting things done so we can buy the car and get it in our names. Tuesday is moving day...yeah. We are both tired of living in temporary housing. We have a walk through @ 0930, and get the keys after that. Too bad we will be using loaner furniture...as far as we know, all of our things are still in CA waiting to be shipped here.
Wednesday & Thursday are still up in the air. On Friday, Tracy is going on a guided tour with a friend. The tour starts on base, and goes to town to catch the city bus (learn how to use japanese transportation) to the Shin station (bullet train). We will catch the Shin to Hiroshima, and have about 4 hours to shop, sight-see, etc. We will then do the exact opposite, catch the Shin back to Iwakuni, and the bus back to the base. Should be a fun & busy week!!