１１月３日（月）

今日は昨日とは打って変わって絶好のお天気日和となった。宿泊したところが蒲郡（がまごうり）の明山荘。ホテルからは右に知多半島、左に渥美半島が眺められ、竹島が中に浮かぶ。愛知の江の島と言われている由。帰路につく前に竹島でひと時を過ごした。八百宮神社に詣でて、海岸べりの無防備な歩道を歩き、浜で孫達を遊ばせる。竹島を本土と結ぶ橋を渡る時の強風には大騒ぎ。ついで道生氏が前にアイディア、デザインを手掛けたという生命の海・科学館を見学。恐竜の世界と地球の誕生ビデオを見たり、ITを使った資料見学など、興味のある子供には面白いもの。休日のせいか、沢山の子供連れで賑わっていた。私は豊橋から一人で新幹線で帰路についた。彼等はそのまま車で町田へ寄り、同行した義父を送り届けて千葉へ。今回、孫息子と父親は車で一日早く出かけて、１００名山中４９個目の福島の荒島岳に登って大垣で一泊し、翌日、新幹線で向かった我々と岐阜羽島で合流。生憎、昨日はもっと大雨であったが、二人の父息子は気合で４９個目の荒島岳を踏破していたのである。道生氏の父親は東京で新幹線に乗った我々に新横浜で合流。岐阜羽島で総勢６人となってそのまま伊吹山に向かった。雨模様で視界は悪く、それでも登ってみると案の定視界はゼロ。仕方がない。何とか５０個目制覇の記念的記録写真は撮れた。

今日の好天気はその反動でばんばん写真撮影。

The next day, November 3rd, turned to be a wonderful day. Yesterday we stayed at Meizanso hotel in Gamagouri in Aichi which is well-known as a beautiful sightseeing spot like Enoshima in Kanagawa. The hotel we stayed had a nice view of the bay half surrounded by Chita peninsular from the west side and Atsumi peninsular from the east.　

In the middle of the bay situates Takeshima island which started its history back in Edo era with its shrine commemorating the shogun Ieyasu’s donation. In the strong wind round the seashore, we enjoyed slow walking around the island, which made Shota and Akari so happy. Then we drove to the science facility for children with the theme of “The life of the sea”. Michio, the father of Shota and Akari, was once involved in planning and designing this facility, therefore he showed his honor as well as his melancholic feeling toward those days when it was built. Shota showed his interest in operating some IT devices while Akari repeated saying “Kowai!” meaning “I’m afraid!” looking at those synthetic dinosaurs. It’s fun to see them with different reactions. There were many children due to the holiday.

 Then I decided to go back alone by Shinkansen from Toyohashi so as to be back in Nikko not so late. They drove back to Chiba through Machida-city to send off Michio’s father. There they had a celebration dinner for Shota before driving back home to Chiba. Wonderful end. Thanks to such a good weather, we ended up by taking many photos.