Meta tags:

Headings (most frequently used words):

2023, march, the, saturday, road, taken, april, thursday, 30, tuesday, 28, monday, 27, 25, rss, feed, blog, archive, our, visitors, creative, commons, come, see, us, on, substack, mt, ruapehu, volcano, out, kitchen, window, tongariro, national, park, nz, green, lipped, mussels, for, dinner, waitahanui, river,

Text of the page (most frequently used words):
the (70), and (39), this (15), share (15), for (13), park (11), here (10), march (9), from (9), ruapehu (9), was (8), #tongariro (8), april (7), 2023 (7), our (6), september (6), june (6), july (6), more (5), october (5), august (5), pinterest (5), facebook (5), blogthis (5), email (5), comments (5), posted (5), with (5), just (5), that (5), day (5), world (5), walk (5), all (5), its (5), national (5), volcanic (5), december (4), may (4), come (4), these (4), last (4), kitchen (4), got (4), each (4), lodge (4), but (4), volcano (4), you (4), back (4), road (4), which (3), stats (3), january (3), see (3), substack (3), are (3), still (3), not (3), like (3), room (3), art (3), left (3), river (3), three (3), water (3), there (3), people (3), who (3), were (3), waitahanui (3), staying (3), little (3), some (3), tomorrow (3), over (3), stopped (3), new (3), two (3), ngauruhoe (3), ohakune (3), taken (3), blogger (2), under (2), creative (2), commons (2), live (2), blog (2), november (2), 2019 (2), subscribe (2), feed (2), posts (2), home (2), end (2), kind (2), came (2), night (2), gas (2), until (2), reserve (2), across (2), sky (2), look (2), days (2), out (2), before (2), around (2), including (2), has (2), been (2), same (2), 1950s (2), today (2), old (2), most (2), trout (2), also (2), caught (2), than (2), winter (2), fly (2), dream (2), saturday (2), grocery (2), mussels (2), put (2), later (2), part (2), morning (2), walking (2), tracks (2), ski (2), cabin (2), good (2), taupo (2), years (2), active (2), volcanoes (2), southern (2), zealand (2), first (2), one (2), dual (2), heritage (2), status (2), cultural (2), māori (2), well (2), outstanding (2), features (2), only (2), area (2), mountain (2), simple, theme, powered, work, licensed, attribution, noderivs, unported, license, thoreau, something, saw, cannot, easily, described, feedjit, visitors, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 195, 2015, 214, 2017, february, 2018, 204, 154, 2020, archive, rss, traffic, atom, older, summer, tomatoes, decent, though, unsprayed, meat, delectable, curious, product, ground, coffee, bags, tea, tried, them, underwhelmed, result, grilled, grill, outside, door, wanted, burgers, self, contained, accommodation, common, includes, bathroom, wrangled, oven, top, electric, range, meals, street, small, space, where, awakened, sound, waves, walked, dreamy, mornings, awoke, occasionally, speaking, fishers, women, men, skilled, arcing, line, elegantly, fishing, clarity, early, limit, catch, word, soon, long, stay, diplomats, english, royalty, noted, treated, everyone, else, rebuilt, into, individual, units, spartan, standards, weatherboard, consisted, dining, living, sleeping, nine, electricity, running, certainly, smokehouse, smoke, cure, wild, pork, venison, those, being, often, weighed, pounds, get, dawn, dark, middle, original, version, built, 1932, acres, pat, englishman, fred, fletcher, his, family, worked, what, step, softly, gently, cast, upon, moving, waters, fisher, idea, perfect, lost, time, entered, happily, they, sell, easy, saute, garlic, butter, toss, add, lemon, wine, lid, minutes, missing, rob, sourdough, green, lipped, dinner, monday, cheers, going, move, different, fresh, vistas, revealed, itself, slowly, wearing, very, own, weather, system, necklace, enormous, variation, landscape, various, enjoying, immensely, biosphere, could, extra, sets, bunks, say, hello, folks, hikes, lovely, deck, generous, use, sauteing, snapper, beautifully, maintained, because, without, caravan, grounds, short, drive, full, service, catching, lake, beach, picked, hat, activity, started, million, ago, continues, date, ice, age, composite, erupting, 1996, geologically, considered, vent, erupted, 1975, mark, limits, zone, horseshoe, shaped, series, phenomena, make, pacific, ocean, ring, fire, 000, hectare, spectacular, showcase, wonders, emerald, lakes, lava, flows, steaming, craters, colourful, silica, terraces, peculiar, alpine, gardens, environment, staggering, beauty, diversity, became, 1887, hundred, awarded, unesco, both, significance, natural, right, mountains, air, perfectly, clear, quenching, hint, noise, once, everywhere, then, happened, while, writing, snowstorm, blows, through, seconds, sunny, can, laugh, window, tuesday, laundry, sun, sitting, supper, smoked, fish, rice, bits, wondered, smitten, absolutely, yes, flat, white, especially, kathy, looks, sweet, spot, breakfast, lunch, glimpse, eggs, bennie, might, prompt, return, meal, lodging, frank, eatery, bar, captain, cook, made, beer, hiked, mangawhero, forest, always, feel, better, trees, usian, would, mis, interpret, second, pictogram, automatic, weapon, possibly, closer, massive, presence, northern, yesterday, drove, hour, south, oldest, recognises, important, spiritual, associations, course, seductive, passed, surprise, stroll, pic, ours, flatlanders, greetings, photo, above, showcasing, scale, largest, peaks, offer, fields, surrounding, bikers, walkers, rises, village, thursday, bailing, visit,

Text of the page (random words):
the road taken the road taken saturday april 1 2023 come see us on substack we re bailing on blogger come visit the road taken on substack here posted by h2 at 8 30 pm 2 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest thursday march 30 2023 mt ruapehu ruapehu rises in the night sky over the mountain village of ohakune greetings from ohakune at the southern end of tongariro national park that s not my photo above but it s a good one showcasing the scale of the largest active volcano in nz mt ruapehu s three peaks offer two ski fields and the surrounding area is a dream for mountain bikers and walkers this pic is ours for flatlanders it s a surprise to look up from a morning stroll and see this of course we stopped at the grocery here these were seductive but i passed tongariro is new zealand s oldest national park and a dual world heritage area this status recognises the park s important māori cultural and spiritual associations as well as its outstanding volcanic features we left the northern part of tongariro yesterday and drove an hour south to ohakune to be closer to ruapehu and its massive presence only a usian would mis interpret that second pictogram as an automatic weapon or possibly only me today we hiked the mangawhero forest walk we always feel better in the trees captain cook made beer on the walk back to our lodging we stopped at frank s eatery and bar looks like a sweet spot for breakfast or lunch art caught a glimpse of the eggs bennie and that might prompt a return for first meal tomorrow this flat white especially for kathy who wondered if we were still smitten absolutely yes back home for some laundry a little sun sitting and a supper of smoked fish with rice and all these bits tomorrow more ruapehu posted by h2 at 11 01 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest tuesday march 28 2023 volcano out the kitchen window tongariro national park in the mountains the air is perfectly clear and quenching there s not a hint of road noise and you park once and walk everywhere and then as just happened while i was writing you a snowstorm blows through for 90 seconds on a sunny day and all you can do is laugh mt ruapehu at left ngauruhoe at right tongariro became new zealand s first national park in 1887 just over one hundred years later the park was awarded dual unesco world heritage status for both its cultural significance to the māori people as well as its outstanding natural features the 80 000 hectare park is a spectacular showcase of volcanic wonders including emerald lakes old lava flows steaming craters colourful silica terraces and peculiar alpine gardens it is an environment of staggering beauty and diversity three volcanoes ruapehu ngauruhoe and tongariro mark the southern limits of the taupo volcanic zone the horseshoe shaped series of volcanic phenomena that make up the pacific ocean s ring of fire volcanic activity started here around two million years ago and continues to this day ruapehu and tongariro which date back before the last ice age are two of the most active composite volcanoes in the world with ruapehu last erupting in 1996 ngauruhoe geologically considered a vent last erupted in 1975 catching up back on lake taupo art beach picked a new hat on the drive to tongariro national park we stopped for gas and got more than full service because we re without a caravan we re staying in a cabin on the park grounds a short walk from the beautifully maintained walking tracks the cabin has a generous kitchen which we ve put to good use sauteing snapper and a lovely little deck you could all be staying here with us in the extra sets of bunks each day we say hello to folks from all over the world who are here for the hikes but people also come in winter to ski we ve been walking the various tracks and enjoying it immensely this is our kind of biosphere there s enormous variation in landscape the volcano revealed itself slowly this morning wearing its very own weather system like a necklace cheers from under the volcano tomorrow we re going to move to a different part of this same park for some fresh vistas posted by h2 at 9 05 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 27 2023 nz green lipped mussels for dinner happily they sell these at the grocery easy to saute a little garlic in butter toss the mussels in add some lemon water wine and put a lid on it 15 minutes later all we re missing is rob s sourdough posted by h2 at 12 42 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest saturday march 25 2023 the waitahanui river what a day to step softly or gently cast a fly upon the moving waters the waitahanui river is a fly fisher s dream and our idea of a perfect walk we got lost in the reserve each time we entered the original waitahanui lodge we re staying in the 1950s version was built in 1932 on 2 5 acres by ex pat englishman fred fletcher he and his family worked from dawn until dark in the middle of winter to get the lodge up in those days the trout being caught here often weighed more than 20 pounds the old weatherboard lodge consisted of a dining room kitchen living room and sleeping for nine no electricity or running water but most certainly a smokehouse to smoke trout and also to cure wild pork and venison in the early days there was no limit on the catch and word soon got out before long people from around nz and the world came to stay including diplomats and english royalty who it has been noted were treated just the same as everyone else in the 1950s the lodge was rebuilt into individual units still spartan by today s standards look at the clarity of this water we walked the dreamy river on each of the three mornings we awoke here occasionally speaking to the fishers women and men skilled at arcing a line elegantly across the sky more on the fishing here the reserve is just across the street from our small space where we ve awakened to the sound of waves each day 2023 stats self contained accommodation is common here and includes a kitchen and bathroom i wrangled that oven top electric range at left until we got meals from it last night art grilled on the gas grill just outside our door we wanted burgers here s a curious product ground coffee in bags kind of like tea these came with the room so i tried them and was as underwhelmed with the result as i was in 2019 it s summer s end and tomatoes are still decent though not unsprayed the meat was delectable posted by h2 at 6 18 pm 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest older posts home subscribe to posts atom live traffic stats rss feed subscribe to my feed blog archive 2023 12 april 1 come see us on substack march 11 2020 154 august 22 july 29 june 29 may 31 april 30 march 12 january 1 2019 204 december 3 november 2 october 16 september 25 august 28 july 28 june 26 may 30 april 26 march 20 2018 14 december 2 september 2 august 1 july 3 june 1 april 3 february 1 january 1 2017 214 december 2 november 1 october 8 september 29 august 30 july 31 june 29 may 30 april 26 march 28 2015 195 october 1 september 26 august 32 july 31 june 28 may 38 april 32 march 7 2014 10 july 1 june 9 2013 56 october 19 september 37 2012 21 january 21 2011 38 december 38 2010 45 october 27 september 18 our visitors feedjit live blog stats and something more i saw which cannot easily be described h d thoreau creative commons this work is licensed under a creative commons attribution noderivs 3 0 unported license simple theme powered by blogger