Mt. Fuji

October 25, 2009

David and Tom (from work) planned a trip to Fuji-san for today. Unfortunately, it rained all weekend and it was cold. However, Tom had already reserved the rental car so we went to Fuji-san. We met Tom and his girlfriend at Yokohama Station where the transportation for the day was rented. It was a long ride there but we stopped at the Gotemba Outlet Mall on the way. The Mall made us feel like we were back home except for all the Asian people. It was similar to the ones in Gatlinburg but more expensive.

Back to Fuji-san

We drove to the 5th stage which is the farthest that you can drive. It was very cold that day especially up on the mountain. It was very cloudy and we did not think we were going to get to see the top but as we were driving up the clouds cleared. Mt. Fuji is very beautiful. I could not believe how pretty and big it was even at about the mid-point of the mountain.
David told Dawson we were going to see a volcano and he was so excited. Dawson found a machine that had Mt. Fuji medallions and he told his daddy he needed “volcano money”. After Daddy bought his, Dawson decided that Mom needed on too. He told Daddy he needed more “volcano money” for mom. We walked up a small tourist trail and took a few pictures then we headed inside to get warm.

Inside was a souvenir store. We looked around mainly trying to get warm. Dawson and Abby tried some sunglasses on and then we headed to one of five the lakes around Fuji. As we were leaving the clouds rolled back in and here is a picture to show how cloudy it was. It was dark and cold but we got out and walked around for a little while. Abby was happy to be out of the car again and not in the stroller. We had a great day even though it was cold. Dawson did get sick on the way down the mountain (twice).