Outside pictures taken from our balconies

Looking straight out from our living room. There are often ships off in the distance. The cement you see along the edges is made up of "Jacks" that are each larger than Volkswagen bugs. We think they are to prevent erosion. This is a popular Japanese fishing spot.

Looking down and a little to the right. There is an inlet where waves crash and make a lovely sound while we sleep. Our apartment is a corner unit so we see the Pacific Ocean on one side and the inlet on the other.

This is the industrial area on one the side of our apartment. Every morning at 8 am the employees stand in formation and do exercises. It is pretty motivating to watch.

These last two pictures are what we see when we walk out our front door. This is not off our balcony, this is from the common walkway we share with our neighbors. It is a densely populated island but where we live we have "room to breath" because it is more industrial and not much residential. We don't feel like we live in a crowded area compared to other places we looked at. Also, being that we are along the seawall, we have lots of space to play outside. Very different from Estes Park or Lake Harriet/Minnetonka but each place has it's own kind of beauty and this one lies in the clear blue water.