You can see where Gunsan is. The last post started where the previous one had left off, around that green patch you can see if you follow the river northeast for a bit. I'm not sure where the last post left off, but this section of my journey ends at Ganggyeong, which is where the blue and white 68 touches the river a little bit southwest of Nonsan on this map:
But before Ganggyeong there were lots of farms and a lot more scenery, some of which may look familiar to you for two reasons: first, much of the bike path looks tediously the same as much of the rest of it; and second, you've probably seen other pictures of the same or similar spots on it before.
But at last I came to someplace interesting.
Check out the chairs up there beneath the bridge.
I'm thinking this may be a popular relaxing spot on sultry summer days.
And, at long last, a place where we might find some restaurants to eat lunch! Hooray!
Not to mention some really awesome scenery!
And exercise machines...in case you still have energy for that after cycling for five hours straight...
I'd made it to Ganggyeong.
But I was ready to kick back and relax over some lunch. I wandered into town searching for a place to eat.
I found a place willing to serve me even though I was alone and I was hungry for some meat. I asked what kinds they had and was told they had bulgogi, which in my mind was spicy strips of meat in sauce. (I'm sure there are a thousand different ways to have bulgogi - it's just that that's how we usually have it at my kindergarten, so I guess that's what I was thinking of.) I thought that sounded good so I ordered it. I didn't know it'd come out like this!
But as the Korean proverb says, "Hunger is the best sauce." You can bet I ate it - and it was way more delicious than I thought it'd be.
