I took a long time to pack up in the morning (might have been doomscrolling....) but I did finally head off about 8:15am. I took it very slowly, made my way onto the ferry and explored the next island a little, especially by stopping at a cafe. I got a w coffee and then a whipped cream matcha latte which was delicious. I took another ferry back to the main land and just generally headed east across the coast. Once I got to Mihara I finally found some brake cleaner that I'd been looking for and had another break at Gusto. After that one of my Velcro straps broke, so I finally decided to bust out the rope I bought weeks ago and change my strapping strategy to truckers hitches. Seems to be working well so far. I also saw an RX7 (my favourite car). All in all today I was grappling with the fact that I was struggling to still enjoy my trip as much as I did at the start, being very tired and having a lot less meaningful interactions. But I came to the conclusion it's part of the process and it's healthy to just sit with these feelings and see where they lead me. My campsite was up a really steep hill on an observatory park just outside of town, I made it up right at sunset.