Omishima

34 d 14.895 N
132 d 59.580 E

Well after a couple of wonderful days in Onomichi we had to move on.  We really like Onomichi and highly recommend it to anyone traveling nearby.  Lots to see on foot or bicycle and of course there are so many places to eat and drink.  We missed several of the rally crowd that live in the area.  Our apologies for that but we did manage to meet up with some of the crowd.  We also said good bye to our friends on Toroa III who have been with us pretty constantly for the last few weeks.  Please come and visit us somewhere up the road Barry and Maryanne.

This is another repeat stop and more info can be found in a previous post.  This is the spot with the museum that has so many samurai swords and armour.  But alas it is just an overnight stop for us this time as we need to be in Hiroshima tomorrow night.  This part of Japan has the third strongest tidal currents.  This means navigating this area requires pretty close attention to timing the currents.  Thus the reason for the not so long trip today of only about 19 miles.  We would of been hard pressed to make it through the various bottle necks around here and achieve the 60 plus miles to Hiroshima in one shot so this breaks the trip and will allow us to make the rest of the way tomorrow providing we get an early start.  Of course there is loads of rain in the forecast tomorrow so we will certainly be happy to arrive in Hiroshima.