Sunday, February 28, 2010
OMG we made it ;-)
Well almost made cook but the wind beat us down big time with 12ks to go we have great weather but riding over the bottom of lake Pukaki was Fecking bad I mean BAD water spay up under the hemet gud on Felicity she got balls now in Tekapo resting man neat county
Captains LogBlog Stardate 28/02/2010:
Damp start to launch but nothing 2 bad headed off up Haast Pass with Wanaka being planned destination as bit tired today, stopped at Thunder creek Falls for short walk lots of stone stacks there too we built one today also, then got rid of rainsuits headed off again with next stop/walk being the Blue Pools - colour of river and pools just gorgeous then blasted off passing Lake Hawea- couldn't help but think of Frodo & Sam off on their Quest to Mordor - rocked on into Wanaka & now camped at beginning of Clutha Captain out!
Captains blog stardate 27/02/2010:
launch point : Hokitika - lovely hot day on coast so we pottered round shops &managed to find greenstone 4 my birthday pressy(I wanted to wait till now) Headed on down coast next stop was Franz Josef stopped 4 caffeine fix & went up 2 view glacier awesome felt like we were in diff country then off down to Fox Glacier then onto Haast -stopped at Bruces Bay where there was most amazing sight of stone stacks and other rock creations looking like staight out of Dr Suess - camped in Haast village needed phasers more than ever for sandfly & mosquito invasion Gorgeous ride in though
Captains log: Stardate 26/02/2010
Captains log: Stardate 26/02/2010
Here we are in Hokitika now that may not seem that far from launch point this morning but we headed North 2 part of planet so far unseen by us -Westport taking in the stunning Punakaiki pancake rocks en route fueling up on essential double shot coffees. Turned inland turned inland up stunning Buller Gorge to Inangahua dropped in to see some folk then completed loop through Reefton back to Greymouth to refuel bikes and larder then flew on down to Hokitika We got lucky with a lovely sunny day so back into our tent.
Here we are in Hokitika now that may not seem that far from launch point this morning but we headed North 2 part of planet so far unseen by us -Westport taking in the stunning Punakaiki pancake rocks en route fueling up on essential double shot coffees. Turned inland turned inland up stunning Buller Gorge to Inangahua dropped in to see some folk then completed loop through Reefton back to Greymouth to refuel bikes and larder then flew on down to Hokitika We got lucky with a lovely sunny day so back into our tent.
Today's trip 25th Feb
Looking at forcast think it's worth a crack at greymouth via reefton Westport looks wetter
on the way will be Hammer springs and Springs Junction
on the way will be Hammer springs and Springs Junction
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