Right at the beginning of our trip we had a patch of absolute torrential rain, storms and flooding. It is fair to say that it got our spirits down a bit. Just over a week to go until we are finished and we have rain, hail, and snow on the horizon. But this time, it's fairly difficult to dampen the mood and the overall excitement of the end.
After smashing our way through tussock and a largely unmarked track yesterday we all (both of us and Ed) enjoyed the 4WD track and road walk. Perhaps particularly enjoyable when a friendly couple of farmers/hunters stopped and offered us a lift. When it's snowing and raining an unsolicited lift is definitely not considered cheating. The back of the truck made a fine carriage for weary travellers. In true kiwi style we discovered that these friendly folk happened to live just a few kilometers away from the trail, about the spot where we might be needing to camp the following night. We enquired about a place to pitch the tent, they offered a warm bed and more fresh venison. We had a deal.
After smashing our way through tussock and a largely unmarked track yesterday we all (both of us and Ed) enjoyed the 4WD track and road walk. Perhaps particularly enjoyable when a friendly couple of farmers/hunters stopped and offered us a lift. When it's snowing and raining an unsolicited lift is definitely not considered cheating. The back of the truck made a fine carriage for weary travellers. In true kiwi style we discovered that these friendly folk happened to live just a few kilometers away from the trail, about the spot where we might be needing to camp the following night. We enquired about a place to pitch the tent, they offered a warm bed and more fresh venison. We had a deal.
While road walking we had numerous conversations about what we would do for dinner with our gifted venison steaks. A venison pie won the bidding.
We all sat and laughed while we watched the weather forecast on the news...looks like we will be walking in the snow. It almost seems the perfect finale for the trail...that is said from the warmth of a lounge...let's see the reality.
We all sat and laughed while we watched the weather forecast on the news...looks like we will be walking in the snow. It almost seems the perfect finale for the trail...that is said from the warmth of a lounge...let's see the reality.