It took us a while to pack up, there was a lot of gear all over the place and we had a lot of food to take with us. On the road and we op shop through Blenheim. We are looking for a coffee plunger, not one shop has what we are looking for. But we have lots of fun searching. We get some supplies at the supermarket and head to St Arnaud. We stay in the DOC site at Lake Rotoiti. The weather is just yuck and we set up camp as fast as possible. Rowan ends up cooking dinner early. I have been struggling with my phone for a few days, it is on its way out!

After dinner Rowan and I brave the rain and go swimming in the lake. We got a few strange looks in our underwear out in the rain. The water was cold but really lovely, I avoided getting my hair wet hoping to keep warm. Rowan got me to go back and get the phone for photos.

I didn’t feel cold until we sat around in the DOC cooking area to warm up. We ended up heading to bed early to get in our warm sleeping bags. Jenna wasn’t far off going to sleep herself.