Phil Harris
Speeding Up
- Nov 9, 2006
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After my contract expires (most likely end of April), I`m planning on taking a bike trip. My first plan was taking a ferry to Wakayama and then biking to Yokohama along the coast (dropping by Ise Shrine on the way) - perhaps a week or so.
Today, I pondered a far more ambitious endeavor: why not bike around the entire island of Honshu?!! uch:
My Wife has relatives in Maizuru and Akita (possible place to stay) and I have friends in Misawa with whom I can stay. Looking at Google Earth, I would trim off a few coastal areas such as south Wakayama Ken (majorly mountainous), Izu (done it), and perhaps the Misawa-Yokohama bit (done that as well). I would take the train or a plane home from Misawa.
I would reduce expense through staying at inexpensive minshuku or business hotels followed by a night on a beach or camp ground with only the most rudimentory shelter - even with rainy season :rain:.
I think such a trek could be accomplished in under two months at a fair pace. Won`t be up to such an adventure at the age of 60 - may as well do it sooner.
Any ideas? Particularly welcome are pointers on cheap places to stay and routes. Included in my plan would be the Inland Sea to Shimonoseki followed by a coastal route along the Sea of Japan to Akita, then over to Misawa are vague ideas for a route. I`d probably exclude the Noto, Tsugaru, and Shimokita Hanto (I`ve biked the Shimokita Hanto). This trek is at the "feasability study" phase.
Obtaining Wife-Chama approval might be the most difficult aspect of such a trip, but certainly not impossible.
What say you...am I whacked out or what?
Today, I pondered a far more ambitious endeavor: why not bike around the entire island of Honshu?!! uch:
My Wife has relatives in Maizuru and Akita (possible place to stay) and I have friends in Misawa with whom I can stay. Looking at Google Earth, I would trim off a few coastal areas such as south Wakayama Ken (majorly mountainous), Izu (done it), and perhaps the Misawa-Yokohama bit (done that as well). I would take the train or a plane home from Misawa.
I would reduce expense through staying at inexpensive minshuku or business hotels followed by a night on a beach or camp ground with only the most rudimentory shelter - even with rainy season :rain:.
I think such a trek could be accomplished in under two months at a fair pace. Won`t be up to such an adventure at the age of 60 - may as well do it sooner.
Any ideas? Particularly welcome are pointers on cheap places to stay and routes. Included in my plan would be the Inland Sea to Shimonoseki followed by a coastal route along the Sea of Japan to Akita, then over to Misawa are vague ideas for a route. I`d probably exclude the Noto, Tsugaru, and Shimokita Hanto (I`ve biked the Shimokita Hanto). This trek is at the "feasability study" phase.
Obtaining Wife-Chama approval might be the most difficult aspect of such a trip, but certainly not impossible.
What say you...am I whacked out or what?