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Last night the sound of the rain was so loud that it was hard to sleep.
I learned on this trip that it's also camping to have to sleep in variety of environments, such as pretty noisy, with loud waves, rain, and car sound.
Earphones alone do not work as earplugs, so it's just as well if I played a little music.
I also experienced that when it's cold, I have to go to the bathroom in the mid-night.
What makes me want to go to the bathroom more often only when it's raining and it's too far away to go there ?
Even under those circumstances, I was asleep before I knew it, and I woke up before 5 AM when it was light outside.
Anyway, I went to the pavilion and ate breakfast (bean bread, bread, coffee and banana).
I brought the contents of the tent and the tent to the pavilion and wiped it down with a towel, trying to dry it off a bit.
And of course the laundry was still not dry.
As it was the third day of rain today, and the train station was close, I decided to escape from the rain by train.
I left a little after 7 o'clock and headed to the nearby Mukaiyama station so as not to get too dirty.
There is no ticket gate or anything at the station, so I asked the people there how to get on the train and the time of the train.
He said that I get on the train from the platform entrance after climbing the stairs and take a numbered ticket.
In short, he said it's a one-man train.
I asked for the next time to departure because the up train was coming soon, and he said it would be in 30 minutes.
I started to decompose my bike and it takes only 10 minutes to finish packing.
Folding bike and trailer is very useful in this kind of situation.
As I waited on the platform in the light rain, the train was announced to be 10 minutes late.
I waited for a while and got on the train safely.
Thinking about where to get off, I decided to get off when the weather gets better, but I finally ended up going to Morioka (3,400 jpy).
While I was assembling the bike at Morioka station, the bus driver talked to me.
He was wondering what kind of bike it was, but he said to me what a small bike ! So I explained to him that I went around Hokkaido and on the way to go back to Tokyo.
I told him that this trailer brings all the food, clothing and shelter, he was very surprised.
The driver is a motorbike rider and goes touring once in a while, but he's afraid to go camping.
He seems to be confusing the camping with the camping ground and wild camping, so I told him that the camping ground in Hokkaido is free and safe.
Anyway, I'm going to wander around the neighborhood and check the map on my iPad at a place with a WiFi connection, so I found 7/11 convenience store, but there was no WiFi.
I asked him is there any electronics store near here while I was buying a snack, and he told me that there were several electric stores on the other side of the station.
I headed to there.
There was a Kojima Electric right on the other side of Morioka station and I got a phone as soon as I could.
It was the only SIM-free waterproof phone in the store, so I had no choice but to get the Fujitsu Arrows M03 (34,000 jpy + 500 jpy for a protection sticker).
It's lighter and smaller than I used before.
If I was concerned about the battery capacity, I heard that this has an excellent power saving function and will last a long time.
That's very promising.
Maybe it's a good thing that my last phone was broken.
While he was setting up the new phone, I talked to the clerk about my bike trip.
He was climbing mountains in Iwate.
He also wants to go on a long camping trip in the future.
It is interesting that many people I met were interested in camping.
I hadn't decided on my destination for today yet, but I knew I should take route 4, so I started riding.
There was a McDonald's a short while later, so I took a lunch and charge + WiFi to download an app for the new phone.
At first I thought I would go to an internet cafe in Hanamaki or Kitakami because I was late, but I found a reasonable free camping site (Kitakami Athletic Park Camping Site), so I decided to go there today.
The route 4 from Morioka is much easier to ride than the one in Aomori, and unlike Hokkaido and the Shimokita Peninsula, there are many shops along the road.
It feels a lot closer to the city.
Instead, the sun comes out and it's hot.
The wind and shade are cooler in Hokkaido, but that's not the case here anymore.
Thanks to this, the running dry machine (=my bike) worked well.
With a few kilometres to go, the sky was in doubt...
Eventually it squalled just before the first kilometre, but I kept going as I have to wash them at the destination in result.
The camp site is a manicured grass field at the far end of the park.
It's nice to see that it's free, with toilets and water facilities.
There were about five pairs of guests ahead of me.
The squall from earlier was still there, so I washed my hair, wiped myself down, and washed my clothes, and then set up my tent.
It's already getting a little dark, so I hurried to get ready for the food.
Pepperoncino and tomatoes with a smattering of leftovers.
I'm almost out of ingredients except for rice.
I have to buy more ingredients carefully since there's less than a week left of this touring.
I wrote my journal and went to bed at 9 PM.
By the way, my phone battery was at 77% at first and had 51% left before I went to bed.
Just in the afternoon I used usual app (Line, BikeComputerPro, Google Maps, etc.), but the battery remains a lot I expected.
I think I'll start using it tomorrow from 100% charge as usual and see how much is left.
From Morioka station to Kitagami Sports Park Campground 50km
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