Red Leaf Ride in Okutone!!
(Oct 12,2002)

Hotaka Natural Park
TYPE : One Way (Tashiro lake)
LENGTH : 15km
DIFFICULTY : Physically Modrarte / Technically easy
ELEVATION : Low-1200m, High-1600m
TIME : 3hrs
RIDERS : Shinny, Hacci, Phreddie

It was a three day weekend...
But I had my apartment association's meeting on Saturday evening...
So, we decided to leave Saturday evening after the meeting..
It as about 10p.m. I was trying to start my car...
BUT...my car doesn't start at all..
The battery was bad....
I went to a gas station by bike to rent a battery...
But still it did not start...
Finally I had to ask someone to come to my apartment to fix it....
Oh No!! Waht a way to start a MTB trip!!

Next morning, it was nice and clear day!!
Shinny wanted to see Japan's beautiful red leaves..
So, we went to Okutone for riding!!

Oh mountains are all turned red and yellow and very beautiful!!

I thought everything goes well this day......
BUT....Hacci did it again!!
He up-graded his bike with SPD pedal!!
but, he was claiming that his SPD does not fit..
We all thought Hacci needed to get used to SPD and it take littel time..
While we are having lunch...
I noticed that his SPD cleat is attached upside down...
Oh No!!..... Not again!!

Oh No!! I got bad battery....
Why it alwasys happen when I am in a hurry...

"Watch out for Aliens" !!??
What is this!!!???

At the Hotaka Natural Park!!
(Shinny, Hacci, Phreddie)

Shinny and his favorite red leaves!!

This is Carbon!!
His SPD cleat was attached upside down...
How could it happen!?

At the Tashiro-Lake
(Phreddie, Shinny, Hacci)

Phreddie and red leaves
What a view!!

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