New Year’s Eve, continued walking the Queen Charlotte Track to Punga Cove. The view is from our verandah.
Tag: New Zealand 2017 2018
Hiking on a Rest Day
We designated today a rest day. So, we did what we always do on rest days: we hiked.
Descent into Blenheim BHE
Our descent in a de Havilland Dash 8 into Blenheim BHE, at the top of New Zealand’s South Island, took us over part of the Queen Charlotte Track. Tomorrow we start a multi-day tramp along that track.
Flight to Summer
Boarded Air New Zealand 7, SFO to AKL and summer
Boots over New Zealand
Next week we’ll be hiking the Queen Charlotte Track a glorious ridge trail above sea-drowned valleys at the top of New Zealand’s South Island. It’s a comfortable tramp, just 43 miles over four days. Maybe that explains why Rudyard Kipling’s “Boots” was my earworm the other day: We’re foot—slog—slog—slog—sloggin’ over Africa! Foot—foot—foot—foot—sloggin’ over Africa— (Boots—boots—boots—boots—movin’… Continue reading Boots over New Zealand