Circle Pacific 1998/99 - Day 48 - New Zealand

• Met fellow this morning who's worked in Alaska every summer for 10 yrs - gave us lots of info on cannery work - suggested Alyeska Ski Resort outside Anchorage for winter work + Prince of Wales Islands for cheap rentals
• Set out for Kaiarara Hut - sign @ our hut said 4 hrs
• Nice falls a few minutes from first hut

• Followed signs to forest road - sign said 4 hrs - hmmmm!!!

• Hut easy to find - right off road - just a long walk on road - about 3 hrs - arrived exactly 4 hrs after leaving first hut - guess that sign was the accurate one
• Again had hut to ourselves for awhile - joined later by 3 others who're bidding to rebuild nearby kauri dam ruins