Saturday, January 6, 2024Distance/ Total: 39.5 km / 24.5 mi Despite our efforts to sleep in this morning Claudio and I were both awake by 6:30 am. We packed up and hit the trail about 7:30. The trail out of Bull was a road walk on the highway. The trail turned off the highway just after crossing a bridge over […]

Friday, January 5, 2024Distance/ Total: 33.1 km / 20.6mi I was up and ready to hike by 7:30 this morning. There was 13.5 km of beach walk to start the day off. We started about 1 1/2 hours after high tide so we had nice hard sand to walk on this morning. We reached the end of the beach walk […]

Thursday, January 4, 2024Distance/ Total: 32.5 km / 20.2 mi Claudio and I slept in this morning since we had a tidal river to cross at the end of our day and needed to cross near low tide. Low tide was 11pm so we planned for a late start and would try to cross about 9:00 to 9:30pm. We opted […]

Wednesday, January 3, 2024Distance/ Total: 21.1 km / 13.1 mi I woke up to the sound of a light rain this morning and had to pack up the tent wet again. Claudio and I were up and on the trail about 7:30. It was going to be a pretty quick day and all downhill to Mangapurua Landing. The trail was […]

Tuesday, January 2, 2024Distance/ Total: 40.5 km / 25.2 mi Claudio and I were up early since we knew we had a long day. Roger and Sharon provided breakfast this morning so we ate our fill before heading down the trail. The trail today started with a 24km road walk to Whakahoro. The trail was paved road for about 3 […]

Monday, January 1, 2024Distance/ Total: 27.7 km / 17.2 mi By the time I got to the 4 square convenience store last night they were closed, so the first thing on my list this morning was to go pick up my two day food resupply when they opened at 7:00 am. I returned to the hostel and repacked my food […]