05 feb 2006

another FANTASTIC day. slept in until 740a; chris knocked on my door at 745... with the jacket i had left at otorere yesterday so that was pretty sweet.

he helped me clean the toilets and then we went off-track to check out te mari crater. ended up climbing way higher than we needed to, but had some great views down into the crater from the ridge. picked our way down to the rim of the crater, but didn't venture in since chris was short on time. got back to ketetahi, had pancake lunch (divine, if i do say so myself), and saw chris off. hung out among the hordes of daywalkers on the porch for about 10 minutes before i couldn't take it anymore and headed off again myself.

decided to check out north crater - another off-track adventure. scrambled up a dry creek gully to this hugely expansive FLAT round area with lots of scattered rocks but little else. and a smallish crater near one edge. walked around for awhile, practiced my poi, just sat and admired the view...

another deck night at ketetahi... got back just as the last of the daywalkers were passing by... settled in and spent the rest of the evening chatting with the hutties, watching the sun set, etc...