The German fellow we saw at earlier huts rejoined us. He had crossed the Awaroa inlet at 4 p.m. and stayed in a tent rather than rise at 3:30 a.m. like we had done.
Emily and I had started a fire--the posted instructions helped--but it looked like it would die. The German fellow opened the firebox and spray some of his cooking fuel over the wood. After that, the fire was hot enough to dry and ignite any wood that we added.
An American woman arrived very late--as we were going to sleep--and she had traveled from Bark Bay to Whariwharangi in a single day. Yikes! She was tall, a fast walker, and had a light pack.
We had to get to Totaranui by 3:15 p.m. and meet our water taxi. We wanted to see Separation Point and look for seals. We had to get going.
We started with the red path until we reached the green path to the point. The blue path brought us back to the red trail. We only had to go 1/2 way.
The Water Taxi made several stops; they picked up an Aggie couple!
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