Over the hills and through the tunnels to Zachary's house we go

One of the most amazing things about our move to Japan is that our son, Zachary, is also stationed at Yokosuka. He received orders to Yokosuka a few months ago and moved here in late October. Zach was on leave for about a month before he actually had to report to Yokosuka. He spent that month at our house. While he was there, Mona was contacted about a job overseas working as an autism consultant. Everyone was amazed (and we still are) when we found out that the job was also located in Yokosuka. Talk about God working in mysterious ways - the odds of Mona being offered a job in the same exact place that Zachary was being sent would be astronomical to say the least.
Our daughter, Andrea, arrived late last night and took the taxi to Zachary's apartment. After he got off work, we met up with Zachary so he could take us to see Andrea at his apartment.
And since Zachary lives off base,  we would be able to walk through a part of Yokosuka that we hadn't seen yet - few, if any, tourists would be found here.

We walked out the main gate of Yokosuka and traveled down to the end of a road to find this hill waiting for us. It actually ended up being a series of hills.

After we topped the first hill, this is
what awaited us. If you enlarge this
picture, you will get an idea of how
steep the hill is.

This is a picture of the first hill,
we are already close to the top
and already breathing hard.

This is halfway up the third hill.

This was the view when we
finally stopped climbing. There
was another hill but I think
Mona began focusing on
making it to the top instead
of focusing her camera.

We were amazed at the
places the Japanese used
to park their cars.

Another view from the top. Tokyo
Bay is in the distance.

At the bottom of the hill,
we go through a tunnel.

It is starting to get dark.

Macie, like the rest of us, is
wondering how much further.

Another street to turn onto -
notice how narrow it is. Pretty
common for the side streets.

Finally! We are at Zachary's
apartment building.
There is an easier way than this
to get to Zachary's place but this
is the trek he takes everyday to
avoid the traffic and masses.