(written on the 18th!) It was quite the rainy morning this morning, on again and off again. Sometimes it was a powerful downpour, and sometimes just a gentle rain. Love the downpours. 😊 Love it all, really. 😊 Spent a little while wandering around picking up trash, mostly little stuff, gratefully. As it rained, I … Continue reading 2025-12-17 (Wednesday) — Memory Lane, Part 2

(written on December 16th and... January 29th 😅) Today was a day filled with taking walks down memory lane--after I finally tore myself away from my vegetative state just before 1:30. 😶 It was fun, educational, and also... melancholic. I think I've mentioned before that I tend to look back on past experiences with perhaps … Continue reading 2025-12-16 (Tuesday) — Memory Lane

(written on January 29th from notes taken previously) There's not much to say about today. Despite the evidence contrary to my feelings of rejection, I guess it was a little late, having fallen headfirst-- kersplat!--into a funk. The result was that I just veged today--all day. Staring at my phone binge watching shows. Wasted day. … Continue reading 2025-12-15 (Monday) — Overcooked Vegetable

(written on January 29th from notes taken previously) I was late getting going today and didn't... didn't really do much today. Veged out a bit this morning, used the bathroom, and headed out. Seemed like the whole world was there, so many boats in the water (the Waikato River again, though a fair bit less … Continue reading 2025-12-14 (Sunday) — Blue Springs

(written on January 27th and 28thfrom notes taken previously) Got up and got going doing my dishes. Got out of my comfort zone, initiating a conversation with a woman I'd a... noticed last night as she walked by my van several times. 🙃 We got to chatting, and her friend came by as well, a … Continue reading 2025-12-13 (Saturday) — Austrian Echos

(written on January 27th 😬 from notes taken previously) I slept in the bit this morning, it being cooler because of the cloud cover. 🙏 I went down to Kerosene Creek to check it out a little bit more thoroughly, but it was... not enticing. 😅 There was a lot of trash, including What looked … Continue reading 2025-12-12 (Friday) — Nope

(written on January 19th and 27th from notes taken previously) Quite the full day today! I didn't get a lot of sleep, but I spent a lovely morning on the banks and I'm the water of the crystal-clear, fast-moving Waikato River. Despite being quite crowded this time of year and in the morning, because as … Continue reading 2025-12-11 (Thursday) — Hot ‘n Cold

(written on January 18th from notes taken previously) Sometime relatively early in the morning, some guys came by, inflated a large river rafting boat, and started walking down the very narrow trail from the parking area all the way down to the river. Having made that walk myself, I knew how tight it was and … Continue reading 2025-12-10 (Thursday) — Return to Taupo

(written on December 10th from notes taken yesterday. So much happened, that I don't know if I'm getting the order of events exact.) I got up, got my muesli breakfast soaking and spent some more time cleaning up trash around the parking area. Ate my breakfast and then headed down to pick up the trash … Continue reading 2025-12-09 (Tuesday) — Tub Scrubber

(written on the 10th of December from notes taken previously) Woke up to the view of the lake out in front of me. I had parked in a little dirt turnaround spot off the main dirt road that separated the day use area from the camping area, or something like that. Beautiful place to be. … Continue reading 2025-12-08 (Monday) — Belgian Reunion