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Beach combing......search for antique glass floats
... From what I can tell and have heard, the fishermen are no longer allowed to use the glass floats, but if the nets are still in good shape they will replace the floats with plastics ones, repair any damage to the net and then reuse them. They have no need of the glass floats,...except to sell them to the crazy tourists....but it's not fun just buying them.
I walked ...
Back to Oirase for some real fall color
... had thinned some giving me a much better view of the many waterfalls.
I arrived early enough the trail was not crowded, but by the time I was heading back the foot traffic and vehicle traffic made it a slow go. I'm not sure there was a single person along the trail that didn't have a camera in their hand. ....OK, there were a couple, but those were ...
Fall Colors.......sort of
... business along the way. The real crazy part is seeing the full-size tour buses pass each other on these VERY narrow Japanese roads. Luckily, I have a itty-bitty car :o)
I made it all the way to Lake Towada. Sure glad this wasn't the weekend for kayaking! The water was very rough with a pretty steady breeze.
A few more ...
Paddle, Paddle, Paddle the Kayak.....
In keeping with the theme of Columbus Day,.....sort of :o) I went on a kayaking excursion with our Outdoor Recreation team to Lake Towada. What a GREAT time! The absolutely PERFECT day - sunny, cool and calm water with very, very little wind.
We ended up kayaking about ...
Mountain Adventure
... to see the beginnings of fall colors, but there were very, very little color (other than summer green). The nearest thing I saw that looked like fall were the rice fields that are turning golden and a few the farmers are beginning to harvest.
I spend about five hours hiking. It was GREAT! .....now it's time to SLEEP!
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