D14: Shimanami Kaido-Miyoshi (~57 miles)
Had to tear ourselves from paradise aka Uncle Gann's house. Let me tell you, it was hard! Especially since...it rained for the entire day we rode. Definitely fowled our moods. Lots of griping (me) and bickering. But it was a really nice ride. Peeps, if you ever have the chance, ride through the Shimanami Kaido. It's totally worth your time!!
Rode acroass to the lower mainland, Shikoku...and my tire problems started.
First, it was a flat.
And then another flat.
We found a side stop at a seemingly abandoned house where we fixed one of the flats.
Got to Miyoshi.
....and got another flat!!! It was soooo frustrating. Found that my front tire had a bump on it. so switched it to the back.
....got another flat.
Tired, hungry, found a "sento" or public bath and had the most amazing bath. Y'all, highly recommend. They're everywhere, since some apartments here in Japan don't have showers/baths in them. They're about $5 which is a bit pricey for every day, but oh man. It's great.
Camped at a really big park in Miyoshi, heading over to Tokushima the next day to take the ferry to Honshu, to trek over to Koyasan. Found like a microscopic piece of metal wire lodged in my tire. GAAAAHHHHHHH.
Day 15: Miyoshi to Tokushima (~50 miles)
Woke up, ate some breakfast and pedaled to Tokushima. There aren't may pictures on this stretch because the frustrations over flat tires were so overwhelming, we forgot to take pictures!!!!! aiiiii!!!
Got to Tokushima, really hungry and tired and irritable because I was getting flat tires every 30 minutes, got some pizza (Japanese: corn and mayo, really?), and slept under (okay, er, 100m from) a bridge.
Had to tear ourselves from paradise aka Uncle Gann's house. Let me tell you, it was hard! Especially since...it rained for the entire day we rode. Definitely fowled our moods. Lots of griping (me) and bickering. But it was a really nice ride. Peeps, if you ever have the chance, ride through the Shimanami Kaido. It's totally worth your time!!
Rode acroass to the lower mainland, Shikoku...and my tire problems started.
First, it was a flat.
And then another flat.
We found a side stop at a seemingly abandoned house where we fixed one of the flats.
Got to Miyoshi.
....and got another flat!!! It was soooo frustrating. Found that my front tire had a bump on it. so switched it to the back.
....got another flat.
Tired, hungry, found a "sento" or public bath and had the most amazing bath. Y'all, highly recommend. They're everywhere, since some apartments here in Japan don't have showers/baths in them. They're about $5 which is a bit pricey for every day, but oh man. It's great.
Camped at a really big park in Miyoshi, heading over to Tokushima the next day to take the ferry to Honshu, to trek over to Koyasan. Found like a microscopic piece of metal wire lodged in my tire. GAAAAHHHHHHH.
Day 15: Miyoshi to Tokushima (~50 miles)
Woke up, ate some breakfast and pedaled to Tokushima. There aren't may pictures on this stretch because the frustrations over flat tires were so overwhelming, we forgot to take pictures!!!!! aiiiii!!!
Got to Tokushima, really hungry and tired and irritable because I was getting flat tires every 30 minutes, got some pizza (Japanese: corn and mayo, really?), and slept under (okay, er, 100m from) a bridge.
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