Thursday, November 14, 2013

Day 61 Tue 05 Nov - Yurihonjo Road Station Camp to Sakata Bus Stop Camp

Today dist : 66.6 km        Total : 3066.9 km
Today Temp : 10 -18 C     Sunny
Ride time: 4 hr  15 min
Ave speed : 15.6 kmh    Max : 36.0
Ave climb: 2 %  Max: 9 %
Trip alti : 298 m    Max: 0 m
Today spend : 1790 yen      Total : 76072 yen
Yesterday's camp was actually half covered with wooden plank and leaf as a shade,when i decided to set tent there, the weather was good. Then all of the sudden,the sky turned ugly with very strong wind,scary lightning and thunder,it started to rain a little, looks like i am in trouble, thought of quickly pack up into the road station building for shelter,but that will be hell lot of messy and to walk 200 m with all the stuffs. A 2nd thought to wait and see pays off,the rain stop,the wind stop and the lightning also gone. So tonight, i am camping inside  a very spacious concrete bus stop with sliding door and windows just after Sakata. And Sakata really brought me luck withe the 7-11 store that i am looking for so long, cos' 7-11 probably the only place with ATM that i can withdraw cash. Now my cash worry settled,i went for shopping in supermarket again. I think there might be some sort of agreement between the convenient stores of 7-11 and Lawson. In Akita Prefecture, there are many Lawson but no 7-11. By entering now in Yamagata Prefecture,i can see 7-11 but not Lawson as yet. In Kisakata, i visited the 16 Buddha carving onto the rock by the seaside, but i only managed to recognize 9 of them,maybe one needs more time to really identify them properly.
Drying up my tent under the sun in Yamagata Prefecture



16 Buddha Rock carving

16 Buddha carving

16 Buddha carving

16 Buddha carving

3 of the16 Buddha carvings

Another 6 of the 16  Buddha carvings

I can see only 1 here, so total counted 10, where is another 6 ?

16 Buddha carving


Now my cash worry no more

Thanks 7-11

Sakata city

Shopping again

Sakata Bus Stop Camp

Sakata Bus Stop Camp

Sunset

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