Day 13
Sep 13 day 13 free camp on Morepork Trail to Ngunguru Village 35 km 7:00-4:30 A day of big vistas. The morning hike out the Morepork trail was uneventful, but full of twists and turns, quick changing environment and had to concentrate hard on following path and finding the orange plastic triangles that serve as […]
Day 12
Sep 12 day 12 free camp near Waikare to free camp on Morepork Trail 32 km 6:30-4:30 Although I thought I pitched my tent past the last house, there was one more just across the stream and, as it was Friday night, they had a small party, with cars coming and going until after midnight. […]
Day 11
Sep 11 day 11 Opua to Waikare 16 km (12 by boat) 5:00 pm-6:15 Today was the first true rest day. Slept in at the Opua Motel, a really wonderful place, read, wrote, relaxed, and rested some strained knees. Resupplied at the Opua Store, a classic place which also had […]