Thursday, November 23, 2023Distance/ Total: 33.2 km / 20.6 mi I got a really late start this morning. Steve, the Puhoi Tearooms owner, offers to cook breakfast in the morning for TA hikers. He was busy this morning and couldn’t do breakfast until after 8:30am. I waited around for breakfast and it was great. Bacon, eggs, & toast. I finally […]
Read moreWednesday, November 22, 2023Distance/ Total: 26.9 km / 16.7 mi It rained through the night and everything was wet this morning. I packed up and was on the trail by 7:00am. The track today started as a roadwalk, but soon the road was just a 4WD track with a single trail through it. It was a pretty good climb to […]
Read moreTuesday, November 21, 2023Distance/ Total: 25.7 km / 16.0 mi I woke up about 5:30am and was on the trail by 6:30am. Today was supposed to be a hard day and I wanted to get an early start. The trail started as a road walk along the Pakiri River. After about 3 km that ended and it started a steep […]
Read moreMonday, November 20, 2023Distance/ Total: 26.7 km / 16.6 mi I was up early this morning since the bunk didn’t have the most comfortable mattress. I took a morning shower before getting back on the trail. Our schedule was dictated by the tide again today as we couldn’t cross the Pakiri River right before tonight’s campsite until after 5:00pm. Matt, […]
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Saturday & Sunday, November 18 -19, 2023Distance/ Total: 14.5 km / 9.0 mi A light rain moved in over night with just enough rain to make things damp. Jamie and I packed up slowly and got on trail about 8:20am. The trail started on a single track but was only about 0.5 km before turning out onto a gravel road. […]
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Friday, November 17, 2023Distance/ Total: 26.4 km / 16.4 mi Today started out a little slow. I fell asleep last night before updating my blog and wrote it this morning in my tent. I noticed my battery pack was down to 25% or less and plugged it in the kitchen receptacle to charge. While it was charging I slowly packed […]
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Thursday, November 16, 2023Distance/ Total: 25.2 km / 15.7 mi Today was another split day due to the availability of our water taxi. I woke up about 6:00am, but didn’t get started on the trail until about 7:30. The trail started out with a long steep climb up bream head, a mountain at the end of the beach we hiked […]
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Wednesday, November 15, 2023Distance/ Total: 23.6 km / 14.7 mi Due to the tide schedule today we will be unable to cross Taihariru Estuary until about 1:00 pm so it was a sleep in day and leisurely morning. I got out of my tent about 6:45 and fixed some hot coffee in the trail Angel’s studio they allowed us to […]
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Tuesday, November 14, 2023Distance/ Total: 32.5 km / 20.2 mi Today is going to be a long day so we were up early to get a 6:00 am start on the trail. I headed down to the walking bridge over the Whananaki River and captured the most beautiful sunrise on my camera. The trail went over the walking bridge and […]
Read moreMonday, November 13, 2023Distance/ Total: 22.9 km / 14.2 mi My tentsite under a tree really paid off this morning when my tent was dry. It was only the second day on this trail that I’ve woken up to a dry tent. I packed up and left the group as they were boiling eggs for breakfast. The eggs were left […]
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