(written on the 11th from notes) I went back down to the river pretty much first thing this morning, and ran into the British couple from yesterday. They were already parked down there as well. 🙂 Cool to see the Brits there again, and shocking to see the river. It was so low. 😶 I … Continue reading 2026-04-09 (Thursday) — Low-Water Adventures

There isn't much to write about today. For some reason, I was again having trouble sleeping, so after a rough night and after reading more about Kerosene Creek (I don't remember why), I realized that last time I was here I hadn't really given the place a fair shake. Specifically, I didn't know that the … Continue reading 2026-04-08 (Wednesday) — The Return of Overwhelm

(written today!) With daylight losing time kicking in, I had gone to bed earlier than I usually do and thus had woken up earlier than usual this morning. 🙃 I took the opportunity, being as early as it was in the morning, to work on my journal catch-up efforts, spending most of the morning and … Continue reading 2026-04-07 (Tuesday) — Cold and Hot ‘N Cold

(written on the 7th from notes taken yesterday.) I was up relatively early this morning, veging out for a bit before venturing out of my van to call out to my freedom-camping neighbor. She had a cat that had caught its leash on the tow hitch and was looking at me meowing over and over, … Continue reading 2026-04-06 (Monday) — Taupo’s At 54%!

(written on the 7th from notes taken previously) I woke up a lot earlier than I might have expected after such a short night, I think somewhere around 9:00 or 9:30. 😶 I spent a little bit of time veging out in front of my phone before enjoying a video call with my friend Cory. … Continue reading 2026-04-05 (Sunday) — Sweaty Metal

(written on April 7th from notes taken previously) I was up and out by 8:30 this morning, making a beeline for Mitre 10 (yesterday's "consequences" in full swing). In an effort to repair the mess I made after pulling apart all the rusted metal, I bought a hammer, a chisel set, a file set, a … Continue reading 2026-04-04 (Saturday) — Flowing & Draining

(written on the 7th from nose taken previously) Not much happened today, but what did happen has... consequences... 😅 Hopefully some good ones, and definitely some... unfortunate ones. 😬 Darn my inability to leave things be. 😅 But we'll get there. [sigh] After getting up and looking out at the beautiful ocean view, I spent … Continue reading 2026-04-03 (Friday) — Oil and Rust

(written on the 3rd) Another cool night last night. I think I got up for the last time around 9 ish? Being in an area without any reception whatsoever made it easier to jump right into working on my journal catch-up efforts, which I worked on sitting inside my van until about 10:45. At one … Continue reading 2026-04-02 (Thursday) — Moonshots

(written... today!!!) It's 6:38 p.m., and I'm already exhausted. I could go to sleep right now and probably sleep all the way through the night. 🙃 It's been another day packed with journaling. I started the day by going through the journal entries that I wrote yesterday and adding pictures and then making them live. … Continue reading 2026-04-01 (Wednesday) — Smiling Green

(written on April 6th from notes) I was definitely late getting going today--no surprise given the enormous lack of sleep with the brake issues. Several things to be grateful for. Grateful for the clouds that brought both rain and regular cloud cover that enabled a cooler morning for sleeping in. Grateful for the lack of … Continue reading 2026-03-31 (Tuesday) — The Exploration Continues