atahualpa domain was triggered too early. This is usually an indicator for some code in the plugin or theme running too early. Translations should be loaded at the init action or later. Please see Debugging in WordPress for more information. (This message was added in version 6.7.0.) in /home3/aboarddi/public_html/blog/wp-includes/functions.php on line 6114Today was a travel day. We’d checked the weather yesterday and it looks like it is deteriorating towards the end of the week so we decided to leave Waitomo sooner rather than later so we could get a good chance of hiking the alpine Tongariro Pass. After picking up some provisions we drove the 2 hours to Whakapapa where we are now camped.<\/p>\n
We’re now a half mile above sea level. It is still quite hot during the day and the sun is quite fierce. We’re booked on an 8am minibus to the trailhead. It will take us 6-8 hours to traverse the pass where we expect to be picked up on the other side and returned to our camp ground. We’re cooking up plenty of potatoes this evening to give us useful energy tomorrow. This won’t be the most strenuous hike we’ve done together but it’s a half mile ascent which will certainly give us all some good exercise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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