(written on February 21st from notes taken previously). I got a bit of a late start today, but I guess that's to be expected with the late night last night. 🙃 I think the low, thick cloud cover and light rain helped with being able to sleep in a bit. 🙏 And though the clouds … Continue reading 2026-01-21 (Wednesday) — Rained Out

(written on February 19th and 20th from notes taken previously). I was up late, but gratefully, undisturbed (other than a mosquito that had made its way inside my van somehow and gorged itself on me 🙃). Despite being up late, today was definitely not just another uneventful day. 🙃 My big planned adventure was going … Continue reading 2026-01-20 (Tuesday) — Hokitika Triple Glow

(written... today!!! 🥳) It was another fairly uneventful day today. As I mentioned in yesterday's post, I drained my car battery down overnight from having the key on for several hours at a time (without restarting the car 😬) in order to keep my internet going; so after going to bed about 6 a.m., I … Continue reading 2026-01-19 (Monday) — Undercrowded 🙃

(written on the 20th! from notes taken previously) Nothing super eventful today. I woke up for the second night in a row at the Fox River freedom camping spot and fairly quickly left the dirt parking lot and drove just slightly south, parking on the side of the main road just before the bridge, so … Continue reading 2026-01-18 (Sunday) — On the Second Pass

(written on February 19th from notes taken previously). It was a much more eventful day today. 🙃 As I was leaving the car park this morning, a nice young man who had been parked next to me, stopped me just as I was about to drive away, letting me know that my rear passenger tire … Continue reading 2026-01-17 (Saturday) — Is That… Coal?

(written on February 19th from notes taken previously). Not much to report today. It was a bit of a wasted day today for me--my own choice. 😕 There was a tad bit of rain. I stopped off to top up my groceries at the Fresh Choice market in Westport. Then I headed over to Cape … Continue reading 2026-01-16 (Friday) — A Foulwind

(written on February 19th from notes taken previously). Today has been a day filled with beauty and natural wonders. ☺️ After getting up, I started driving up the road deeper into the hills toward the day's intended destinations--several natural attractions on a dead-end road out in the middle of nowhere in the far western portion … Continue reading 2026-01-15 (Thursday) — Arches ‘N Caves

(written on February 19th from notes taken previously). Not much to report. Was rainy this morning, and I wasn't much in the mood to venture around with the giganto sand flies, so I got myself some breakfast and continued my drive west toward the coast, stopping only to take some pictures at a bridge on … Continue reading 2026-01-14 (Wednesday) — Rain

(written on February 18th from notes taken previously) It wasn't a very eventful day today, so there isn't much to report, though it was another sad day in one respect. 😕 But I'll get to that later. For whatever reason, perhaps the consequences of several days in a row of very little sleep, I woke … Continue reading 2026-01-13 (Tuesday) — A Viking Goodbye

(written partly on February 17th and 18th from notes taken previously). It was a tough day today. 😞 Having heard last night that the whales had restranded yet again, after we had been so hopeful because all evidence seemed to point to their having actually escaped the death zone, was... hard. But we were up … Continue reading 2026-01-12 (Monday) — Sad End