April 3

After getting back to the Nojima house last night, we tried to find lodging for tonight. We tried to book a Henro House, but it was full. Another house was almost too close to this one. We looked at the weather and it was for hard rain for most of the day. We gave it some thought and if the Nojima house had a vacancy for tonight we would ask to stay here. We will message him and hopefully it will work. We also found out last night that Amy, a woman we have met several times is planning on staying here tonight. She wants to go to temple 60 like we did and then stay here. With rain in the forecast, going up that trail might not be wise. Don sent her a message in the middle of the night and gave her his opinion about waiting a day before going to that temple. If she decides not to hike we will see her tomorrow. Amy sent us a note a couple of days ago, about her visit to temple 50. When she was putting her name slip in the box, she looked down and saw our names. It made her smile.

We found out that our room was available and that Amy had taken our advice and was going to wait a day before visiting temple 60. With no need to go anywhere, this will mostly be a day of rest and doing some planning for the next couple of days. We headed out to a convenience store in the morning for breakfast and upon returning found Amy here. It was great to catch up. Mr. Tangiguchi asked if we wanted to go to an Udon restaurant tonight. Amy was game as well so he picked us up at 7 and we had a great meal and conversation.

Accommodation Nojima House

Miles Hiked zero! It was our first day of no hiking!