To travel with Boxster

During spring holidays, wives and children always go home. I was busy in March, but I had a break from work, so I decided to go on a short touring for the first time in a while.

Initially, I was thinking of going to Wakayama, where the expressway had four lanes, but it seems that the weather in Wakayama is bad. Looking at the weather forecast, it seems that the weather in the west is quite good.

For the time being, I decided to pack my suitcase in the front trunk and head west on the Chugoku Expressway without deciding where to go.

The other day.My car, 981 Boxster GTS wearing the newly redesigned Michelin Pilot Sport 4SIt's in very good shape.

The distance is over 50,000 kilometers, but the agency is perfectly fine.Rather good. It's easy to avoid the fact that a used car is 50,000 kilometers in Japan, but I don't think it's possible for a European car to get into it while it's running.

As usual, operate the shift knob with your right hand and use the accelerator and clutch to run as if you were breathing with Boxster.

Cruising slowly while driving in the driving lane. The Chugoku Expressway has a very responsive high-speed corner from the entrance to Okayama. Moreover, the traffic is very light and there are no trucks that can block the overtaking lane.

If you like cars, you should drive on the Chugoku Expressway even if you take a detour rather than driving on the Sanyo Expressway.

From Niimi IC to Izumo

I kept running in good condition, but I had to get off somewhere. Check the touring maple in the parking area on the way.

For the time being, I decided to get off at Niimi IC and head west on R182, which is a freeway that runs parallel to the Chugoku Expressway.

The road is very comfortable and the traffic is light. There are many overtaking points, and I enter K23 at my own pace. This is also a great road. I wanted to stop by a famous place called Taishaku Gorge, but due to time constraints, I hurried to get closer. Turn right onto K422. The winding is a little narrow, but there is no one so you can run as much as you want.

And then...To K458 via country road style K62.Enjoying a wonderful road with nobody at all, "It's too reserved, so is it okay to have such a luxury?While thinking, put a whip in Boxster.

Boxster who runs through while using the auto blipping function of Sports Plus mode more than necessary with continuous medium speed corners is the best.

Go north on R432 and take a short break at Road Station Orochi no Sato. I tried to eat lunch, but unfortunately the cafeteria was closed. Is there anything in the neighborhood that is suitable for Google Maps? When I looked for it, I found that the station building of Kamedake Station was "Ogiya sobaThere seems to be a soba restaurant called. I decided to go there for the time being.

There are many autographs of celebrities, and it seems to be a famous place. I'm not interested in gourmet information at all, so I don't know it at all, but for the time being, I'll ask for a menu that seems to be popular and try it.

This is pretty delicious. I'm going to have some experience from high-end stores to famous stores, but I haven't really thought that this is delicious with soba.However, the soba here is delicious.The soba itself has a strong taste without being disguised by its firmness. And the soba soup and the temperature are very well balanced.

Not too hot and not too slimy.

The taste of the soup stock and the best temperature warms the body slowly in the stomach. The human intestine has an organ that feels the umami component, and it is said that you can feel happiness there, but it was a taste that made you feel very happy when you ate it.

Open Boxster's hood and run to the Ohito wide-area farm road.

This is the best runway today. It's a great mid-slow winding, just like it's for Boxster. ""Boxster HighwayI want to name it arbitrarily (laughs)

There were no other cars when I ran.Winding in the mountains, which you can enjoy in your own world, is a blissful time.Only the exhaust note echoes and runs while talking carefully with Boxster. You have to be alone at this time. I don't dare to use auto blipping, but I do the rotation adjustment myself.

As if to taste each corner carefully, run through in time with Boxster.

If your operation is a little early or late in accelerator operation or steering operation, Boxster will respond properly. It can be understood by sound and by behavior.

If the timing is right, the best engine sound and the turning ability like a coma will give you a pleasant cornering.The first is the "I" in "I".

So it feels good. That's why Boxster can't stop.

Continue toward Matsue City and drive along the shores of Lake Shinji. I've been there several times before, but it's always raining, so it's my first time to see a sunny Lake Shinji. After cruising on the shores of the lake, I ran Boxster toward Izumo, the inn of today.

Day 2

On the morning of the second day, I decided to go to see Matsue Castle from the morning, not to run as usual today, but to go sightseeing once in a while. This day was a weekday, so it seems to be relatively free. The cherry blossoms are just in full bloom.

Use the highway to Matsue city and park Boxster in the parking lot near the castle.

Originally I love history, and I've always been interested in Matsue Castle, one of the 12 existing castle towers, so I'm really looking forward to it.

The cherry blossoms are in full bloom like no other. The cherry blossoms and Matsue Castle are very beautiful. Immediately, while looking at the stone walls, I enjoyed sightseeing, such as climbing the castle tower and visiting Kounkaku.

On the way, I finished a web meeting for work at the parking lot, and had lunch at a Western restaurant in the neighborhood.Ronjin Matsue Main Store"Hamburg. It has a lot of gravy, so it may be better to have a dish where you can taste the taste of high-quality meat itself rather than a hamburger steak.

After tasting the hamburger, return to touring.

The route was fun "Ohito wide area farm road』I decided to run again and went south. In addition, enjoy the finest winding with Boxster.The new Pilot Sport 4S grips the road surface firmly, and even if you apply traction at the exit from the corner, it grips firmlyDo.

When the tires were running low, I often slipped in such situations, but new tires still feel good.

Then, head south on R314, which is famous for "Orochi Loop". The road is so big that you can't get the whole picture when you drive.

Further south on R314. There is extremely little traffic around here as well. I don't know if it's a prefectural road, and it's hard to find such a large national road that is so vacant. Shimane Prefecture is terrifying.

Join R183 and start home from here. Take the Sanyo Expressway and drive toward Kansai, but due to the heavy traffic and the trucks that block the overtaking lane, it makes a detour, but escapes to the Chugoku Expressway on the way.

I ran Boxster home while cruising the rattle high speed.

Route map for this time