March 30
Last night we decided that we should forgo breakfast in the dining hall. We will just get up early, go to the train station, catch an early train and then go walking. We woke up at 4, some of that was because we went to bed early after a busy day yesterday. By 6 we were headed to the train station. We were being challenged when we looked at the route schedule on the board and did not see the station we wanted to go to. Asking the employee at the desk was a good move. He told us that the train we wanted was at another station. He suggested waiting for the bus, but the station we wanted was less than a mile away. That distance isn’t a problem. We got to the station easily, found the train on the schedule we needed and bought the ticket. In less than five minutes we were on the way to Horie. This train was more direct than the one we took last night. In about 20 minutes we were getting off the train and heading to our destination tonight. We were intrigued by the fancy paint work on a car we passed.
Someone was pretty creative.
We were back walking on the coast today. For most of the day we had a nice ocean breeze to cool us off.
Loved the flowers on the way.
And more creativity.
We were always excited to stop- at 7/11 stores and get refreshing fruit smoothies. We saw Renee, most likely for the last time as she is heading off to visit more Bekkau temples. As we were walking down the road, a woman came running out to Don and handed him a tissue. When he opened it up it was a 1000 yen note. Don had hardly time to say thank you when she turned abruptly and went back to her house.
The other nice thing on the walk today was all of the little honest fruit stands selling citrus fruit. We stopped several times to enjoy the fresh fruit. We got to our campsite about 4, It was a little off route, but not by much. We were surprised to see how busy it was. Lots of families were here enjoying the beach and camping. We cooked our one pot meal and was fascinated by the young man camping next to us who was cooking a gourmet meal for himself. It wasn’t long till we were tucked in to our sleeping bags. Tomorrow there are 6 temples close together that we hope to visit.
Our home for the night.
Accommodation Kamoikekaifan campground
Miles hiked @ 20 miles