Day 3-6 – Japan Bike Tour

Previous Entry Sunday March 11, 2018, 40 miles (64 km) – Total so far: 110 miles (177 km) Today was a good reminder of how difficult bike touring can be. The day started out great, although I walked up the big hill heading north from Sata – I’m a little worried about my knee. I […]

Moab Spring 2018

Here are some picture from Island in the Sky and Moab from this spring. Sunset on the White Rim, Island in the Sky district of Canyonlands NP. Another shot of the same sunset. Looking back up at the mesa top of Island in the Sky from near Thelma and Louise Point on Potash Road. Thelma […]

Day 2 – Japan Bike Tour

Previous Entry Today’s riding was spectacular. I continued following the coast in the morning, climbing up away from small towns, passing through tunnels, then flying downhill towards the next small town cove. The infrastructure is wonderful and Japan has set up everything to be very convenient and well thought out. I stopped at a Lawson […]

Day 1 – Japan Bike Tour

Previous Entry This morning I got a very lazy start watching the BBC and getting packed. I planned on going to a fishing store to get some flies and it didn’t open until 11:00am. I ended up going to a different fishing store anyway and it had a pretty limited selection of flies. I stopped […]

Japan Tour – Getting to Kagoshima

I’m going to finally start making some detailed entries for my Japan bicycle tour. So far I’ve just posted a lot of pictures without any real description of the tour, but I’m going to start typing up and editing the journal I kept on the trip. So here goes, this is a description of the […]