Wow! Days behind! Think I lost a post, yes, know I did.
Day off in Tokumaru Bay watching Mel retrieve his fish nets. Rough surf caused him to capsize a few times before he got out.
Later, Wayne (the rescuer when my bike brake cable wouldn't reassemble) gave me a tiki tour of the town: old freezer factory and wharf, a goldfish farm (way cool)
...those are tanks of goldfish -about 100 of them! And this is Stan, the goldfish farmer.
And then I got a tour of the boat that Wayne has been building for 23 years.
And not a little boat either! He says it may launch this year. I hope I get pictures when it does!
And here is Captain Wayne.
I managed to hit the road north the next day and with tailwinds and 2 flats actually went further than expected. While changing the first flat the cops, Reagan and Ben, stopped by to make sure I was okay.
"You're not going to camp by the side of the road, are you?"
"Oh, no! Not me! This road is too busy. I'll ask a farmer."
Later they pulled into the bar I was camped behind. Made it!
The second flat was a pinch flat. Because I'd been having several flats on the back in the same spot and unable to find the issue, I swapped out my foldable spare. I checked for punches, but must have missed it. The next morning I was able to find the culprit, a microscopic sliver of metal straight in...and I got it out! But the back tire is bald. I need to swap it with a front one. Ugh. That means changing 2 tires at once. Maybe in the morning.
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