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The Quiet Ripple Defines The Pond 
And there I was thinking you’d been disappeared in Okinawa…but no, you’d just migrated to a different blog WITHOUT TELLING ME! Hrrrr. xxx
Great post! I wish I was there. Or at least not here. I don’t know.
Peter!
Come now there’s a typhoon going on.
What a great blog! Stumbled onto it accidentally and am enjoying your musings.
Your blog is beautiful, although I could do with a few less references to sea snakes.
notice you have a trailer hooked to your k-truck. for your sail boat? total weight? what are the laws of trailering in japan? will be using a jetski or small rib to fish from. we will be retiring to Okinawa within the next few years and the area you picture is perfect. is it onna?
Hi Alan
Yes I live in Onna son. No idea about total weights and trailer laws. My K truck hauls the Scaffie out of the water with no effort. Best N
I have a Tacoma, my second Toyota truck the first one a 96 Pre Runner. One month ago I to purchased a FWC, 2014 Fleet, and had lock nuts added to the turn buckle for insurance against loosing. I like the idea of adding chains to the tie down I bolts. Somewhere in your travels you mention your furnace failed but you never said why. I would be interested in how you fixed the problem! Pic of my rig below. I wonder around Southern California much as you do and one of my favorite “sand boxes” to camp is off 395 from Ridgecrest to Bishop. I knew Mike and Jody of Cerro Gordo many years before their passing. Our paths may yet cross someday. I might suggest getting a Ham Radio license for the back country when cell phones fail you. Email me if you like for more information.
Hi Neil
Congratulations on your epic trip to Hokkaido to view these very special birds. And superb pics!!! That trip is on my to do list.
Glad to see that you are thriving
( Ian forwarded the link)
Alan C
Hi Alan,
Wonderful to hear from you. Thanks you for kinds words about the photos. I was especially happy with the owl – super rare bird, huge! Have a look at “Owls of the Eastern Ice” Jonathan Slaght – good read. Ian pointed me to your twitter bird site. great birds! Hope to see next time I come to London.