Friday, June 4, 2010

June 2nd - Zaba san 50th Birthday

Feels good to be 50. Met a couple of geezers celebrating one's 74th Birthday Japanese style. Traditional dinner, visit to a Geisha lounge and a day of Golf. Sure have something to look forward to. There is life after 50...
We had grand plans for the day. A skyline drive or two, that would bring us to Tobe, the birth place of the cultured Pearl, and a harbor of a ferry boat that will bring us closer to Mt Fuji. A combination of GPS programing error (user error I admit) and lack of time, put us on a different rout. Shorter but never the less beautiful. As we got used to, twists, beautiful views and endless rice fields. The drive was fantastic.but by the time we got to Toba, the only available room we could find, was a mediocre Japanese style hotel. The people were very excited for having foreigners on a bike come stay with them. It was nice friendly Motel 6 stay.
The morning after we packed and left. Driving by Pearle island, we got on a ferry heading across the bay. An hour later, we were on our way to Shuzenji.

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