42 km

This afternoon Amy, Linea and I got on our bikes and followed the coast up into Niigata. We had a few detours around rivers and little harbors. But it was a beautiful ride up the coast. It's so fun to see the little fishing shacks, community gardens, and old traditional houses that dot the coast. We even saw some Russians or maybe they were British in speedos after their swim. We saw a skinned rat littering the sidewalk. Amy caught a frog on her rim somehow. It was dead when we found it. And we ran into a cloud of allergy inducing pollen. My eyes got red and swollen and were unbearably itchy. Amy started getting a similar reaction. Luckily, I had an anti-allergy pill in my bag. And once we got back on the road it was fine. On the way back into town we stopped picked up some salad fixings, pasta and sauce. And we ate another huge meal followed by endless desserts from last nights feast!!

Good times on the bike!

When's the next ride ladies??