January 28, 2013
There are numerous hikes one a person can take around Cape Reinga. We were short on time and just took a quick hike out one of the trails to a good viewpoint. One pretty dependable squabble Rich and I have on any given hike stems from my Capricorn nature: I find it thrilling to stand on small precipices over great viewpoints. Rich does not find this thrilling – he has a bit of a fear of heights. He will not come out on the ledge, and he gets very unhappy when I go out there to bask in that neat sort of dangling, hovering sensation of open air all around me. It makes him far more unhappy than it makes me happy; so I’ve mostly given it up.
Here is a good example of the sort of spot that will bother him if I go out there. I’ll see it, look at him and find him looking at me and shaking his head no. I’ll have to be content to point to where I’d rather be standing (see picture below). So how come I can’t do that and this guy gets to go down a steep unpaved hillside with a stroller? Where is the baby’s mother? She was standing not far from us, looking a little horrified. It did not go over well when Rich quipped, “It’s OK, you can always have more of those.” –Cyndi
