day 24, 8:08pm, rain, rain and more rain

i'm lucky again to be indoors. i'm in another tsuyado, or in this case a daishido (another term that i don't have the exact meaning for). i'm sleeping next to \3M obosan again! we talked quite a bit about the trails going up to temples 44 and 45. he told me about which paths to avoid and where there are some nice places to stay.

i'm feeling a bit better now than i was earlier in the day. although, i have another rainy day of steady uphill slopes ahead. add in a few mountain passes and it makes for a challeging day (was about to write "moral crushing day", but i'm trying to stay positive!)

let's hope there's more cloud than rain tomorrow. :)