(written on February 9th from notes taken previously). Well, according to my maps, I got to the Freedom camping place just a little bit after midnight last night. 🙃 And I wasn't quick getting going this morning. 😅 I veged out for a little bit, availed myself of the nearby long drop, found that someone … Continue reading 2025-12-24 (Wednesday) — Of Caps and Cliffs and Caves

(written on February 9th from notes taken previously). It was a rainy morning. 🌧️ Having spent so much time yesterday with good weather, my face planted in my cell phone screen trying to get everything figured out for my trip, I thought about the irony of it being a rainy day today instead of yesterday. … Continue reading 2025-12-23 (Tuesday) — Taranaki Slide

(written on February 5th from notes taken previously). After waking up for the day, we both made our plans and bid each other goodbye. Seems like we've been traveling together for a lot longer than just two days. 🙃 (in a good way) He had a bunch of errands to run, and I wanted to … Continue reading 2025-12-22 (Monday) — And The Winner Is… __________!

(written on February 5th from notes taken previously). First stop of the day was going over to Te Rewa Rewa bridge, the one we got to the parking lot, I noticed there were some recycling bins and trash bins, so we disposed  of our recycling and trash. 🎉 Then we headed over to the bridge … Continue reading 2025-12-21 (Sunday) — Taranaki

(written on January 30th and February 5th from notes taken previously) Got up and had a stroke of good luck! A young man from Germany named Raphael (who was parked next to me last night before moving and who was the young man who alerted me to my headlights being on when he looked at … Continue reading 2025-12-20 (Saturday) — Throwback Adventuring