Well, here we are again. Back to the beginning. Completing the Shikoku pilgrimage is no joke-- it was very hard, unrelenting work the entire way, but now that we're sitting here in the bus terminal, waiting for the bus back to
Ôsaka, I realize that it was worth it.
I might have to throw away these shoes when I get home, though. They served me well, but I think they've pretty much reached the end of their little shoe lives.