MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18th, 2006REBUN to RISHIRI
86.3km 4h:27m
Another early wake up, fully rested now. After inhaling a double egger I rolled the 6k to the ferry to catch a ride to Rishiri Island, just 19kms away. I chose the earlier ferry that went to the further port on purpose, since I thought I'd have time to bike the 15k to the other port where I'd be camping, KutsuGata. It ended up being somewhat pointless as I arrived at Kutsugata at the same time as the later ferry. After checking out some campsites, I decided on the one that is near the coastline, it has a shelter which may be useful in a storm (as well as coin laundry inside, its been 7 days of sweating with no washes....).
I talked to the Ferry Terminal lady who advised me of Typhoon 13 on its way towards us, maybe hitting by tomorrow or the next day! I decided right then to roll out and do my planned lap of Rishiri Island (58k) in case there was no chance of it tomorrow. The winds were crazy strong, and it wasn't altogether enjoyable. The light was bad for pics, and the wind sapped my energy. One thing Rishiri does very right, is taking care of its cycling road. They built 3-4 huge gap spanning bridges solely for the use of cyclists!! We're talking 60m high here. To get to it though was a climb at 14% slope, but once cruising through the trees its amazing. At 80k I was powered out and had to stop for a powergel and water break behind a wind break. Arriving back at the campsite I saw Yuki (met him on Rebun at Kushuko) from Tokyo, only two of us camping here! Had my first onsen and bath in 4 days, had to peel the dirt off! KD for dinner which he wasn't too fond of, more for me I guess. Got into the tent at 10pm, which is when the rain started.....
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