Te Araroa Trail – Day 2

Tuesday, October 31, 2023Distance Today/ Total: 19.5 km/ 12.1 mi The rain lasted until about midnight, but the strong winds continued through the night. My tent fell in on me 3 times and I had to reach out and reset the stakes in the loose sand. Th last time it fell in was about 5:30 and I gave up and […]

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Te Araroa Trail – Day 1

Monday, October 30, 2023Distance Today/ Total: 20.6 km/ 12.8mi Despite the continued rain I decided to head out on the trail today. The rain is supposed to start moving out tomorrow morning and I’ll be road walking most of today anyway. Ron shuttled 4 of us put to the lighthouse this morning and we arrived there about 11:15. There was […]

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