Hike 38: Te Aroha Summit, East Coast area
Destination as seen from car—notice the antenna atop (Worth clicking on a photo) The antenna at the top of the peak. Our mountains of trees—good thing we're not tree huggers...yet A Peak Painting as we gaze over the mountain tops towards the ocean on horizon "We’re not going to hike Tongariro Alpine Crossing a third time this week," we said in a firm tone to our beloved editor. There comes a time when a man must put his foot down firmly; he should act with authority and firmness. "Okay, if you’re going to look at us with those sweet blue eyes we suppose another hike in that desolate but exquisite area will be nice," we weakened, but only slightly. Then we realized she was kidding. We have to keep moving north towards Auckland so we plotted a route with hikes near Tauranga and settled into the town of Waihi after passing Rotorua and then Te Puke—we weren’t car sick though—that’s also a town. One of these days, our teeth are going to fall out as we stru...