Day One - Tuesday 1 Mar.
Excitement for sleeping in cars has gone adrift. A Toyota Corolla hatch is not a camper by any means. Night one passed by with little incident and we planned to head north away from our free internet, bathrooms and free sack lunch headquarters.
HANMER SPRINGS! With pine and palm trees along a narrow and winding landscape, we received a perfect welcome while en route to the little alpine vilage. It is far more of a tourist trap than I lead on, though it is small and maintains a sense of localism. But I spoke with friendly, and pretty, Danish, French, Norwegian, Austrain and even Minnesotan girls along the main drag.
A waterfall beckoned and we subdued. The trail marker indicated a 2.5 hour trek so we aven;t a clue as to distance. Sarah, mildly athsmatic and without inhaler, kept our pace to that of a good sight see-er. But her sunglasses left at the base of the waterfall gave David and I the perfect opportunity to make a shirts-off, man-journey-sprint, repeating the hike. We successfully retrieved the expensive specs which earned us dinner. Pizza!
Meatlovers with BBQ sauce and chicken and cranberry with brie were the final selections. It was a fine restaurant at a Spanish style, 1800's hotel. Beautiful. It has a dungeon. I'm a sucker for romanticism. We earned our sleep tonight. Upgrade to a tent.
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