We walked for 3 hours and finally got to our hut called the Haurangi Hut. Even though it was 3 hours walk my little brother Jonny and I never got tired. It was aaaamazing! In our hut, you could walk outside on a path and there was a nice smelling toilet that you could use.
In the hut, there was a humongous bed that could fit 10-15 people, there was five card games and Monopoly. My brother Caleb and me played it and our other brother played one of the card games. At night we roasted marshmallows on the fire and made s'mores and ate dried mangoes. Then we slept in the super bed. My parents had a hard time sleeping, but in the morning they found leftover instant coffee in the hut and that cheered them up! I didn't have a good sleep either because I woke up every twenty minutes sweating from the wood stove. For breakfast we made pancakes on the gas stove. We had a really fun time at the hut and I wish we could go back one day again and finish my monopoly game.
After breakfast, Cyclone Lusi was coming so we had to hurry home. Here we are at the end of our 3 hour hike back, you can see the Rimutaka Mountains in the back:
And eating Tuna and Honey Sandwiches:
Finally when we got to our car we remembered that the cyclone wasn't coming till later so me and my two brothers went to this really tiny river that was only ankle deep we went to the side and got big rocks and made dams. For my little brother, we made a rock circle that he could stand inside and that was his pool.
Finally my parents said that the cyclone was coming so we went home. I miss the hut and my dams, I hope that we can make it bigger when we come back.
The end.
Last weekend we climbed a mountain called the Colonial Knob. By mistake I went on cow path but it ended in a gorse bush beside a cliff. Here is the view from the top of the mountain looking out to the ocean
and our city Porirua:
Wow - what an adventure - I would have loved playing in the river with you.
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This sounds like terrific fun!!! A CYCLONE??? Really?
ReplyDeleteWhat a delight to read Camille's adventures with her family! :)
ReplyDeletecamille, you dont look too pleased about that tuna and honey sandwich!
ReplyDeleteWow, Camille, what a hike you all had! Sounds like an amazing time. Great you are writing about it as these will be sweet times to remember! The thing I am impressed with is that there was a "nice smelling toilet"! That is always a good thing! Keep on blogging girl.
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