The weekend packed in a bunch of stuff. Toby and I went to Mama Browns for some ribs before meeting Mike at the Embassy to see Blade Runner in all its glory on the big screen. Sell out theatre too. Meant for a short sleep though as we had to get up early for our tramping fun.
Mike decided against the epic tramp with Andrew at the crack of dawn (due to being in AKL the day before, and a late night, and juggling too many things) and came with me and Toby instead.
We weren't too late getting to the road end at Catchpool despite having to do some shopping for the weekend. We met Jo and Rodrigo and they went with Mike up Cattle Ridge. Toby and I took the normal route to Paua Hut.
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| Toby in his tree - flaring his nostrils |
We stopped at Toby's favourite tree - he's always climbed this one when we walk here. Since he was 4 years old! It took us 2 hours to the dot to get to Paua Hut. We unlocked the hut and pitched Toby's tent (Mike had the other tent with him).
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| Selfie fun! |
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| Finally a sensible selfie |
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| Enjoying the sun over the Orongaronga river |
After sitting in the sun for an hour or so, Mike and his group arrived. Andrew wasn't long after them and we enjoyed sitting and admiring the view for a bit. Then Mike, Jo and Rodrigo left to find a swimming hole and Andrew and I contemplated life (and a hunter with, we suspect, a huge pig to carry home) for quite a few hours. Toby has retired to his tent to sleep off the late night.
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| Best campsite ever! |
Next morning we struck both tents and Toby and I packed up and left before the others. Toby had his mates coming over at midday so we had to hurry.
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| Don't take a photo of me in my long johns! |
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| My favourite part of the Orongaronga track - punga forest |
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| Am I dancing between the trunks? |
We got home at 11.15am or so - well in time for Toby to be there for Akash and Isaac. Yay! Mike got home around 3pm and we relaxed before I drove Isaac home and went grocery shopping for the week ahead.
Karen got home ok from Queensland. Hope her week gets back to normal routine easily. Toby starts back at school on Wednesday so let's see what our normal routine looks like too!
Have a brilliant day!
Love,
Angela
