Friends and Family Night

Friday night was Friends and Family Skate Night for the Yokosuka Sushi Roller derby team. I got to show John what I'd been learning and he took the above pictures of me showing off!

It was a lot of fun, but the rainy season is almost over which means the hot and humid season has begun. Saturday at 9am it was about 95 degrees Fahrenheit and nearly equal that in humidity. I thought being from Alabama would help me adjust to the weather here, but it is a new level of hot.

On my bike ride home the other day, I got lost and it was burning hot. The road up to our house is extremely hilly. Pushing a bike up those hills in the heat is gnarly. Plus my bike was the cheapest we could find so it's also the heaviest.

John and I went to a nearby bike shop the other day to look at getting a lighter bike for me. Driving in Japan is too stressful for me and I don't know how often I'll do it. It's not the left side driving that's the problem. Cars, bicycles, and mopeds like to dart out in between traffic. It's nerve wrecking and you have to be very vigilant.

So I want an electric bike. One step below a moped so I can ride it in the bike lanes, but with a tiny electric motor to help me up and down the big hills near our house. With an electric bike, the rider does about 30% of the pedaling and the bike's motor does the rest.

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