The Traveling Kiwi

In between rain storms and cyclones I took a trip to Mokaihaha Ecological Reserve about an hour out of Rotorua. Stunning huge moss covered trees and ferns, the path leads down a very steep muddy path to a lake of perfect reflections and back up paths made of tree roots and steep clay banks. This is one of a few places you can find the blue mushrooms that grace our $50 bill. Like a treasure hunt it’s so much fun to look for them and find some perfect specimens. The torrential rain has destroyed most of them but we love in hope that a few weeks of fine weather will bring out more.

The last storm, Cyclone Gabrielle, that came through last night did so much damage to the forests around Rotorua with dangerous sodden trees still coming down. I think it will be a few weeks till I venture back. We are lucky we are so much further inland here and the wind and rain was so much less.

I am slowly getting back to normal, whatever normal is, but my fitness took a hit. Bike will get dusted off as soon and the roads dry out and the mud level goes down a bit.

~ by kiwikris on February 14, 2023.

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