Day 12 Pix, Continued

After we got off the ferry in Beppu, shortly after 9 a.m., we got to ride along the coast for a while in beautiful sunshine! Our first stop was Oita, about 10 kilometers up the road.














Here's more or less a close-up of the previous picture, this time via a shot of Jody taking a shot of Jody. I think this type of picture accounts for half of all the pictures he took. I can see Jody now, after having checked to see what a great picture he just took, nodding his head up and down, smiling his big smile, and saying to no one in particular, "Oh, yeah! That's what I'm talkin' about!"














This picture shows the road leading away from Oita and towards some mountains. We had quite a bit of climbing ahead of us, but the roads were good and the weather was great, so we had a fantastic time.

Here we are, at 11:14 a.m., getting ready to do some climbing!














30 minutes later, Jody and I still had quite a bit of work cut out for us, but again, there were no complaints from either of us. We both love climbing and we were both in great spirits.

After we finally made it up to the pass, we had a nice, long, fast, intense downhill ride. Shortly after we reached the bottom, we were greeted by this bridge. Nice shot, Jody!














Here's a picture, taken by Jody, of a typical view of the Japanese countryside in summer, with the rice, mountains, blue sky, traditional-looking home, and small road.














Here's a look at me in the saddle, riding along a river, on the way towards Nobeoka.

Unfortunately, the two of us took very few pictures the rest of the day, so there's not much more to show you for Day 12. I did take this one, however, at 4:54 p.m., as we were passing through Hyuga, on our way to Miyazaki City. This is the last shot I took that day.