Apres ride Secret Campsite

After a great day of riding under blue skies on vacant trails, we found ourselves still in the crowded lot. We usually walk / ride / drive to the nearby onsens to get clean, but the idea of staying overnight with the 'loud crowd' made the decision to camp in the mountains easy. This is only 20 minutes away, but this area behind the dam is only accessible by 4WD truck, and up a trail that no Japanese person would think of venturing. The dam was built in anticipation of a serious landslide. The giant cable net could let the Pajero slip through, though, so I'm sure we'd be ok..

The rocky, icy stream provided a perfect bath (with our handy green bath bucket), and we slept to the sound of frogs, crickets, deer cries, and a midnight thunderstorm.


Pajero behind serious dam at bathtime..