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| Start of my hike at 7:10am |
This was the one year anniversary of my husband's death.
My friend dropped
me off at Fern Gully track in Wainuiomata and, I hiked about 9 kilometers to Days Bay ferry. I had to wait over an hour for the ferry to Matiu island. I was stuck in the sun on the island for 2.5 hours but at least I saw parakeets there. Next I took the ferry to to Wellington.
It was too windy to leave Bob's ashes on the island as I had planned, plus it was a quarantine island, bad vibes.
I put a vial of Bob’s
ashes off the crowded ferry, had to be stealthy. I felt like Bob was happy with that.
Saw abalone shell on island where I was thinking about spreading ashes,
maybe a sign?
I saw green parakeets on Matiu island, they were not budgies, they were bigger with red on their heads.
Long day in the heat, very tired.
Did not cry at all, I’ve gone a bit numb I guess. A bit dissociated at times I think. Bob gone one year now.
Met my love at the train, she bought a daypack there to use on the Tongariro alpine crossing . She made a nice dinner with lentils, veg and
mince. A lovely dessert or “pudding” of hot custard with passion fruit
on top. Very nice.
This day kicked my butt. A long hike, suppressed grief and the super bright New Zealand sun. I also did a lot of waiting around for the ferry and then for my friend to get off work so we could ride the train home together. Also just navigating in a strange area and in a foreign country is tiring. It is a just a little bit harder to do everything when you are not in your home country.
I better understand what it must have been like for my British spouse to live in the states. He really coped well with being in a strange country.
My total for the day was about 6.5 miles with about 1,000 feet elevation gain.
About 6.5 miles today but it felt like more. I did not cry at all, I guess I'm dissociating a bit. Grief is probably wearing me down even if I am not feeling it well. About 1000 feet elevation gain
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| Matiu Island from the trail |
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| Ferry to island and to Wellington |
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| Dock at Matiu Island |
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| Small lighthouse, everything is smaller here |
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| Parakeet on Matiu island |
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| Abalone Shell |
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| A sea bird |
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| Crowded ferry to Wellington, vial of Bob went off this but closer to the island |
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| Pulling into Wellington |
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| Disembarking in Wellington |
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| Wellington |
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| Christmas in July |
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| People on the street |
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| Tui at Waterloo train station |
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| New daypack for my new love |
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My rough route on Matui Island, I went here at the wrong time of day it was too hot.
Also this might be fun for folks who don't get out into the real bush, but not so fun for me.
1 mile |
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| Wainuiomata to Days Bay track in Imperial measurements 4 miles |
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| Wainuiomata to Days Bay track in modern sensible metric measurements |
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| Rough route from Ferry dock to Wellington Train Station 1 mile |
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| Waterloo Train Station to Car 1/2 mile walk |
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