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Beach combing......search for antique glass floats
... 6 miles of walking. Some nice fall colors, great sound of the surf, and two glass floats. A successful day :o)
....and on Sunday morning I walk down to my local beach and found another glass float less than 3 miles from my house......Hum? I think God is laughing at me.
And just in case you didn't really think I found any glass balls... :o) Here's the evidence
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Back to Oirase for some real fall color
... br>
I did make it to my normal trail head, but the trail was a muddy mess. I started up the trail about a quarter mile and decided my hiking boots were going to be swamped if I kept going, so I opted for a second attempt at the fall colors of Oirase Gorge.
I was richly rewarded along the river. There was still plenty of fall color, but ...
Fall Colors.......sort of
... except tour buses...>>I assume the Japanese are using their version of "The Farmer's Almanac" to figure out which week will have the best colors
For this trip, it was more about stretching my legs without punishing my knees (which are killing me because of all the sitting). I covered just over 5 miles (2.5 each way). The gorge ...
Paddle, Paddle, Paddle the Kayak.....
... grow some pretty big apples here and the cost matches the size. Most of the apples in the photo are larger than a softball and cost $3.25 each. ...but they are larger enough to be a meal :o) ...I buy my apples in a non-tourist area where I can get 6 apples for 300 Yen (~$4). ...shop where the locals shop!
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Mountain Adventure
... Luckily, this adventure went OK, but it did prevent me from adding a side trip to Lake Towada to my travels today :o(
My next spurt of adventurousness was when I took the path less traveled hoping to summit Mt. Takada-Odake. The path was so less traveled that the vegetation had grown over the path to a point were you couldn't see ...
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Other places to stay in Aomori
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Hotel JAL City Aomori
Aomori Station, Aomori | 4 star hotelfrom $69 -
Aomori Washington Hotel
2-1-26 Hon-cho, Aomori | Hotelfrom $56 -
Hotel Sunroute Aomori
Aomori Station, Aomori | 3 star hotelfrom $45 -
Hotel Aomori
1-1-23 Tsutsumi-machi, Aomori | Hotelfrom $74 -
Central Hotel Aomori
Aomori Station, Aomori | Hotelfrom $37 -
Toyoko Inn Aomori-Eki Shomenguchi
Aomori Station, Aomori | Hotelfrom $54 -
Hakkoda Hotel
1 Minami-arakawayama, Arakawa, Aomori | Hotelfrom $75 -
Kaisenkaku
Asamushi Onsen, Aomori | Hotelfrom $73 -
Aomori Grand Hotel
Aomori Station, Aomori | Hotelfrom $35 -
Art Hotel Color Aomori
Aomori Station, Aomori | Hotelfrom $34 -
Hotel Select Inn Aomori
Aomori Station, Aomori | Hotelfrom $19 -
Smile Hotel Aomori
2-4-7 Honcho, Aomori | Hotelfrom $31 -
Asamushi Kanko Hotel
Asamushi Onsen, Aomori | Hotelfrom $212 -
Aomori Kokusai Hotel
Aomori Station, Aomori | Hotelfrom $55 -
Alpha Hotel Aomori
1-1-7 Hashimoto, Aomori | Hotel -
Aomori Green Park Hotel Annex
2-5-18 Honcho, Aomori | Hotel -
Hotel Neo Pal Aomori
Aomori Station, Aomori | Hotel -
Apple Palace Aomori
5-1-5 Honcho, Aomori | Hotel -
Hotel crown palace Aomori
5-5-4 Honcho, Aomori | 3 star hotelfrom $47 -
Hotel Fujisawa Hakkoda
1-57 Aza kansuizawaza Arakawa , Aomori | Hotel -
Hotel Shoen
Asamushi Onsen, Aomori | Hotel
