A Nice Hike

Posted on May 13, 2014 by bob

OK, so I caught a fish, but the head's broke.  What to do.  We're batting .500 so far.

"Let's go hiking".  That was Ann's vote.  "We can fix the toilet tomorrow when it's going to rain".  "OK" says I and we do.  Go hiking.

First we had to move the boat over to the other side of the bay to Kaikoura Island which is our target for the hike.

We found a pretty little cove to anchor in while we went ashore. I'm not used to anchoring so close to the rocks, but it's deep here so even though you can throw a stone to shore, you're still in 40 feet of I water.

 

Heading up the trail.
The view from the top was quite expansive. Yesterday's anchorage at Nagle Cove is in the background.
Looking out to the Pacific Ocean from the mountaintop.
With the telephoto, we can see Breem Head (where we came from) 40 miles in the distance.
Our selfie on the mountain. (Oops, I shouldn't stand so close to the wide angle lens - I look like a giant).
Along the way, we saw some of the most beautiful mushrooms ever!

So, overall a great day.  I caught a fish, we had a great hike and I postponed fixing the head 'till tomorrow.  The only issue right now is that since I had to haul the anchor out of 40 feet of water twice (150+ feet of chain - two cranks per foot equals 300 cranks times two, or six hundred cranks), it's a three aspirin night.  I'm not in cruising shape yet.

P.S.  We're sitting now tucked into Port Fitzroy (not really a port, more a little bay) and it's fun - we can hear penguins screeching all around us.  There's some rocks off to one side and a little island behind us and the penguins are there for the night.  Hilarious.

By the way, we have posted pictures in the "Hens and Chickens and Penguins!" Blog. Enjoy.

 

 

Posted in 2014 South Pacific Adventures · 2 Comments

2 Comments

  1. JE on May 13, 2014 at 10:07 AM

    Happy voyaging Ann and Bob, nice to see you underway again. The anchoring picture is one of my favorite shots yet. It reminds me of anchoring in Alaska. All this deep-water-close-to-shore practice will serve you well when you head due east for the Patagonia portion of your trip :)

  2. Karin Harwell on May 13, 2014 at 5:27 PM

    Looks so beautiful there. Glad you went for that hike!

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