{"id":2797,"date":"2017-05-11T22:46:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-05-11\/2797"},"modified":"2017-05-11T22:46:27","modified_gmt":"2017-05-11T13:46:27","slug":"lovely-century-ride-into-hyogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/2017-05-11\/2797","title":{"rendered":"Lovely Century Ride Into Hyogo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17215\" href='\/i\/JF100_17215.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17215_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17215\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 60mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17215.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17215.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Nice View of the Day<\/span>\n<br\/>number 772\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17215.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I went out the other day for a ride with Salvo, that turned out to be <span class='nobr'>a nice<\/span> Century (100+ mile) ride.\nHere is <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/975364191'>the ride at Strava<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n<iframe class='ic' height='405' width='590' frameborder='0' allowtransparency='true' scrolling='no' src='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/975364191\/embed\/fb9a368929e18e1589125ad789eeee789a879055'><\/iframe>\n\n<p>There was nothing particularly <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>epic<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> or any special goal of the ride. <span class='nobr'>It was just<\/span> an all-around pleasant day.\nSalvo had <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/963836929'>ridden the route<\/a> in strong wind the previous week,\nand thought it'd be nice to do again.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17060\" href='\/i\/JF100_17060.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17060_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17060\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17060.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17060.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Making Our Way<\/span>\n<br\/>out of Kyoto\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17060.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17065\" href='\/i\/JF100_17065.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17065_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17065\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 75mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17065.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17065.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Meeting Up with Joshua<\/span>\n<br\/>who fist-pumps his victory at not being late\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17065.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17068\" href='\/i\/JF100_17068.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17068_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17068\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17068.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17068.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Chillin'<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17068.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17072\" href='\/i\/JF100_17072.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17072_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17072\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17072.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17072.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Typical Mountain Scene<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17072.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17073\" href='\/i\/JF100_17073.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17073_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17073\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17073.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17073.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>All Lanes Closed<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17073.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We took a road that I had passed by many times. <span class='nobr'>I had heard<\/span> that it was gravel, yet ridable, so I'd been wanting to try,\nand today was that day.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17075\" href='\/i\/JF100_17075.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17075_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17075\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17075.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17075.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Paved at First<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17075.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17078\" href='\/i\/JF100_17078.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17078_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17078\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 1000 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17078.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17078.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Still Paved<\/span>\n<br\/>but with some debris, as is common on many small mountain roads\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17078.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I was surprised to find that so much of the road (all so far) was paved. <span class='nobr'>I was also<\/span> surprised to find that it\nhad such <span class='nobr'>a steep<\/span> climb\n(<a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/975364191\/segments\/23922567052'>830m @ 10%<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17079\" href='\/i\/JF100_17079.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17079_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17079\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 2500 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17079.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17079.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Summit<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17079.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17086\" href='\/i\/JF100_17086.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17086_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17086\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17086.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17086.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Nice Descent<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17086.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17090\" href='\/i\/JF100_17090.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17090_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17090\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17090.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17090.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Cars!?<\/span>\n<br\/>the road is officially closed, but locals still apparently use it\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17090.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17101\" href='\/i\/JF100_17101.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17101_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17101\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17101.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17101.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Criss-Crossing Rail Lines<\/span>\n<br\/>a line along the far bank is crossed by one emerging from the mountain\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17101.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17105\" href='\/i\/JF100_17105.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17105_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17105\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17105.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17105.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17105.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17110\" href='\/i\/JF100_17110.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17110_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17110\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 28mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17110.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17110.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>End of the Paved Section<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17110.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17114\" href='\/i\/JF100_17114.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17114_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17114\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17114.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17114.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Sort of Rough Gravel<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17114.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17115\" href='\/i\/JF100_17115.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17115_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17115\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>250 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17115.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17115.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Nice Hardpacked Gravel<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17115.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17119\" href='\/i\/JF100_17119.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17119_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17119\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17119.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17119.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Lovely Wisteria<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17119.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17129\" href='\/i\/JF100_17129.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17129_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17129\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/4, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17129.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17129.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Boat on the River<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17129.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17131\" href='\/i\/JF100_17131.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17131_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17131\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17131.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17131.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back to Civilization<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17131.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17135\" href='\/i\/JF100_17135.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17135_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17135\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17135.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17135.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Still Fairly Remote<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17135.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17137\" href='\/i\/JF100_17137.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17137_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17137\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17137.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17137.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Open Farmland<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17137.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17144\" href='\/i\/JF100_17144.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17144_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17144\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17144.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17144.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>Salvo's Road<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17144.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>We returned up the mountain via <span class='nobr'>a different<\/span> road that Salvo had shown me last year, and that <span class='nobr'>I also<\/span> taken on the ride blogged\nabout in <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a class='pt' href='\/blog\/2017-01-12\/2764'>Cycling Through Bamboo Groves and Up Steep Mountain\nSlopes<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>. Joshua hadn't known about, so was pleased to learn of <span class='nobr'>a new<\/span> <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/13965623'>lovely\nclimb<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17147\" href='\/i\/JF100_17147.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17147_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17147\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 320 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17147.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17147.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17147.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17148\" href='\/i\/JF100_17148.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17148_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17148\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 3200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17148.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17148.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17148.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Once we reached the top, Joshua went his own way to return home, as Salvo and <span class='nobr'>I stopped<\/span> for coffee and bread.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17150\" href='\/i\/JF100_17150.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17150_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17150\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17150.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17150.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Mini Market<\/span>\n<br\/>at a cafe that I first stopped at <a href='\/blog\/2008-11-02\/983'>nine years ago with the family<\/a>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17150.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>This cafe is at the top of a very fast descent, so <span class='nobr'>I enjoyed<\/span> that to get moving after the break. <span class='nobr'>I just had<\/span> fun, ending up with only <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/975364191\/segments\/23902476387'>my third-fastest time<\/a>,\nthough it would have been <span class='nobr'>a KOM<\/span> (<span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>King of the Mountain<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> &mdash; the fastest registered time) had the KOM not already been mine. \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17152\" href='\/i\/JF100_17152.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17152_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17152\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>2000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17152.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17152.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Passers By<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17152.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17156\" href='\/i\/JF100_17156.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17156_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17156\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17156.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17156.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Detour<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17156.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I'd made a route that diverged from Salvo's original ride so that we could stop by <span class='nobr'>a restaurant<\/span> that I'd found online\nthat had good reviews.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17158\" href='\/i\/JF100_17158.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17158_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17158\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/7.1, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17158.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17158.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Shiro Gohan (\u767d\u3054\u306f\u3093)<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17158.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i8676\" href='\/i\/JF_i6p_8676.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i6p_8676_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"518\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"ii6p_8676\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 6+ &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>15 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 40 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i6p_8676.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i6p_8676.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>My Food Arrives<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i6p_8676.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>Salvo's food didn't come, and didn't come, and didn't come, so much so that we started joking that\nperhaps they forgot. Then we started thinking that it wasn't <span class='nobr'>a joke,<\/span> and sure enough, they had forgotten. <span class='nobr'>To make it<\/span> worse, the dish in the upper left of my tray was supposed to have been <span class='nobr'>a main<\/span> flavoring for\nhis meal, but now they were out of it. (By this time, <span class='nobr'>I had completely<\/span> finished my lunch.)<\/p>\n\n<p>It was sort of comical, and they said <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>sorry<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span> without really apologizing. <span class='nobr'>The saving<\/span> grace was that Salvo's lunch was very,\nvery good. Mine was fine, but nothing special.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17165\" href='\/i\/JF100_17165.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17165_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17165\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>500 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17165.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17165.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Back on the Road<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17165.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17173\" href='\/i\/JF100_17173.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17173_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17173\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>200 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17173.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17173.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Hand Made <i>Tobidashikun<\/i><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17173.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17174\" href='\/i\/JF100_17174.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17174_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"460\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17174\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>160 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17174.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17174.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Farmer's House<\/span>\n<br\/>in the middle of nowhere\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17174.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17182\" href='\/i\/JF100_17182.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17182_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17182\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.8, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17182.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17182.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Entering<\/span>\n<br\/>Hyogo Prefecture, via a Really Nice Descent\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17182.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>The <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14814695'>descent that started here<\/a> was lovely, and Salvo had been telling\nme about it for the whole trip, that <span class='nobr'>I would<\/span> really enjoy it, and it did not disappoint. Gentle curves\nunder <span class='nobr'>a canopy<\/span> of lush green with <span class='nobr'>a relatively<\/span>-well-surfaced road. Super photogenic the whole way, but sorry,\nno photos, because <span class='nobr'>I was<\/span> enjoying it too much. <span class='nobr'>I leisurely<\/span> crested the pass after taking the photo above,\nthen followed leisurely behind Salvo for half <span class='nobr'>a minute<\/span> before deciding to enjoy it in my style, putting <span class='nobr'>a bit<\/span>\nof zip into it. <span class='nobr'>It was lovely<\/span>. Salvo and <span class='nobr'>I took<\/span> 2nd-overall and KOM, respectively.<\/p>\n\n<p>Here's the video from my front camera, to perhaps give <span class='nobr'>a sense<\/span> of the loveliness...<\/p>\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" class='ic' style='border: solid 1px #C88' width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1J19YaWq3AI?ecver=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17186\" href='\/i\/JF100_17186.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17186_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17186\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17186.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17186.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Huge Line of <i>Koinobori<\/i><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17186.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I wrote about <i>Koinobori<\/i> almost exactly 10 years ago, in <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><a href='\/blog\/2007-05-05\/442' class='pt'>Koinobori in Biei, Hokkaido<\/a><span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span>, but this was the biggest display I'd ever seen by at least an order of magnitude.\nEach one was perhaps two to three meters long, and there must have been <span class='nobr'>a hundred<\/span> of them.<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17199\" href='\/i\/JF100_17199.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17199_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17199\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17199.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17199.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17199.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17204\" href='\/i\/JF100_17204.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17204_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17204\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>1600 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/6.3, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17204.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17204.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Start<\/span>\n<br\/>of another <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/975364191\/segments\/23902476584'>big climb<\/a>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17204.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17205\" href='\/i\/JF100_17205.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17205_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17205\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17205.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17205.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Last <span class='nobr'>I Saw<\/span> of Salvo for <span class='nobr'>a While<\/span><\/span>\n<br\/>he finished more than three minutes before me\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17205.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17214\" href='\/i\/JF100_17214.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17214_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17214\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17214.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17214.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Some Kind of Adventure Place<\/span>\n<br\/>with tree-top walks and ziplines\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17214.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>At the top of the climb was an adventure place, with ziplines and tree-top walks. Chatting with <span class='nobr'>a staff<\/span>\nmember as we rested, this conversation took place:<\/p>\n\n<table style='margin-left:2em'>\n<tr><td>Staff member:<\/td><td><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>What country are you from?<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='center'>Me:<\/td><td><span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span>I'm from America and he's from Italy.<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Staff member:<\/td><td>(turning to Salvo) <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><span class='nobr'>I speak<\/span> some Spanish.<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td align='center'>Salvo:<\/td><td>(clearly being sarcastic) <span class='QO'>&#8220;<\/span><span class='nobr'>I speak<\/span> some Chinese, so we can communicate.<span class='QC'>&#8221;<\/span><\/td><\/tr>\n<\/table>\n\n<p>Then followed <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/segments\/14814635'><span class='nobr'>a nice<\/span> descent<\/a> that <span class='nobr'>I had<\/span> been looking forward to,\nbut <span class='nobr'>I ended<\/span> up registering the slowest recorded time because <span class='nobr'>I got<\/span> <span class='nobr'>a flat.<\/span>..<\/p>\n\n<div class='ic tight' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17218\" href='\/i\/JF100_17218.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17218_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17218\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/1.7, ISO 400 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17218.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17218.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>First Flat in Ages<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17218.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I used to get flats all the time, until <span class='nobr'>I changed<\/span> to Continental Gatorskin tires. This was the first\nflat in about 11,000 wheel kilometers (6,800 wheel miles). <span class='nobr'>In all those<\/span> miles I'd replaced the tires as\nthey wore out, but kept the same tubes. <span class='nobr'>In any case<\/span>, this flat looked like <span class='nobr'>a\npinch<\/span> flat, which seemed odd because <span class='nobr'>I hadn't<\/span> just hit <span class='nobr'>a rough<\/span> edge or\nanything (the road was not bad), but <span class='nobr'>I changed<\/span> it and moved on.<\/p>\n\n<p>I got another flat on <a href='https:\/\/www.strava.com\/activities\/980916649'><span class='nobr'>a ride<\/span> today<\/a>, and in inspecting\nthe tire more carefully, realized that the sidewall had been broken down in one area, so that was the problem. <span class='nobr'>I'd gone more<\/span> than 5,600km (3,500mi) on that tire, so <span class='nobr'>I guess<\/span> it was due for <span class='nobr'>a change<\/span> anyway.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17230\" href='\/i\/JF100_17230.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17230_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17230\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>320 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17230.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17230.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Rice Planting<\/span>\n<br\/>'tis the season\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17230.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17236\" href='\/i\/JF100_17236.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17236_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17236\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>640 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17236.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17236.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Trays of Seedlings<\/span>\n<br\/>lined up at the edge of a paddy\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17236.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17241\" href='\/i\/JF100_17241.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17241_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17241\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>400 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/5.6, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17241.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17241.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Planted Paddy<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17241.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17246\" href='\/i\/JF100_17246.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17246_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17246\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 250 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17246.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17246.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Little Climb<\/span>\n<br\/>on a road now disused in preference to <span class='nobr'>a tunnel<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17246.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i17247\" href='\/i\/JF100_17247.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF100_17247_sm.jpg\" width=\"690\" height=\"461\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"i17247\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">Panasonic LX100 at an effective 24mm &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>125 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/3.5, ISO 200 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF100_17247.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF100_17247.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Messy Descent<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF100_17247.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<div class='ic' itemscope itemtype='http:\/\/schema.org\/Photograph'><a name=\"i8678\" href='\/i\/JF_i6p_8678.jpg' itemprop='image'\n><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/i\/JF_i6p_8678_sm.jpg\" width=\"431\" height=\"575\"\nalt=\"\"\nid=\"ii6p_8678\"\/><\/a>\n<br\/><span class=\"camera-info robots-nocontent\">iPhone 6+ &mdash; <sup>1<\/sup><big>\/<\/big>4000 sec, <span class='f'>f<\/span>\/2.2, ISO 32 &mdash;\n<a href='\/imageinfo.cgi?url=http%3A%2F%2Fregex.info%2Fi%2FJF_i6p_8678.jpg'>map &amp; image data<\/a> &mdash; <a href='\/blog\/proximity\/i\/JF_i6p_8678.jpg'>nearby photos<\/a><\/span>\n<br\/><span class='caption'>Cheers<\/span>\n<meta itemprop='url' content='http:\/\/regex.info\/i\/JF_i6p_8678.jpg'\/>\n<meta itemprop='creator' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='copyrightHolder' content='Jeffrey Friedl'\/>\n<meta itemprop='dateCreated' content='2017-05-07'\/><\/div>\n\n<p>I was quite tired by the end. It was my 18th century (ride of 100 miles or more), with 97km (60mi) of roads that were\nnew to me. <span class='nobr'>Was a good<\/span> day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I went out the other day for a ride with Salvo, that turned out to be a nice Century (100+ mile) ride. Here is the ride at Strava:<\/p> <p>There was nothing particularly \"epic\" or any special goal of the ride. It was just an all-around pleasant day. Salvo had ridden the route in strong wind the previous week, and thought it'd be nice to do again.<\/p> <p>We took a road that I had passed by many times. I had heard that it was gravel, yet ridable, so I'd been wanting to try, and today was that day.<\/p> <p>I was surprised [...]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/regex.info\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}