Boat crossings

In order to take the path that we intended to take, we had to deal with two large inlets. We were told that we could swim the first one if it were low tide, but none of us wanted to completely submerge our packs, other than the possibility of our gear getting wet, the pack would probably weigh twice as much after it was water logged. Plus, low tide was at midnight, and the moon would be nowhere to be seen. The second inlet was quite large, and had a lot of large ocean liners traveling in it, don't think they would see Al, Lane and I floating in the middle.

So a difficult task was at hand.

Well, until a few really nice folks came along and gave us a lift. Shane and Tenisha gave us a ride across the Ngunguru Inlet, and Clint and Kristy gave us a ride across Whangarei Heads.

Thanks a lot guys, you really helped us out.