Kayaking in the Abel tasman...

I tried to post this yesterday but for some reason it didn't work... Here it is again.

On Tuesday my friend Rita and I departed for a few days of camping in the Abel Tasman. We rented a tandem kayak from Southern Exposure, and packed it all up. (and went through the "test" to determine we were competent enough to do our trip, of course- after all the safety info.)

After that, we kayaked over to Anchorage Bay... The waves in the mad mile were rather nasty. They were coming right into us, so for all our hard efforts we weren't moving very fast. Needless to say- it was fantastic to arrive. We pitched our tent around 3, and made some dinner. It's a great little campsite with everyone moving in and out usually by the day. The sky was clear at night, and amazing... So many stars, and Orion's belt was clearly visible.

Rita and I did a little walk to a lookout the following day, and I had a number of dips in the sea. Yesterday evening we went on a little evening walk and saw the glow worms, as well as some very large beetle like creatures, which I think were called Wetas. I didn't scream!! We also saw the cool I forget what that basically look like sparks in the sand. (the evening was dark enough to see it.) We also visited with some neighbours who had started a fire.

Today we had a leisurely breakfast, and kayaked back with the waves. Hurray... Still feeling rather tired... And rather full of sandfly bites. :) But the weather was great, and it was a fantastic mini holiday. It's hard to describe the amazing colour of the water, and the great golden sand... Worth every bit of the hard paddles. :)