March 25 and 26, 2013
Ahhh, another evening at anchor in a peaceful bay. This gallery actually covers our first evening and our unplanned second evening. When we’re cruising (or for that matter doing any sort of travel), we need three things to make the best our location: time, decent weather, and energy. If we’re lucky, they all coincide, but sometimes one of the three is lacking and our plans go askew.
In this case, we had the time and perfect weather, but we were exhausted after days of daily anchorage changes and some pretty extensive hiking. We opted to stay put in Puriri Bay one more day, then head to nearby Mimiwhangata Bay the following day.
The problem came that morning when the weather forecast showed our window for the 65-mile trip to Great Barrier Island was about to close. We needed to leave right then for Great Barrier Island and thus skip Mimiwhangata. (We did just that, but we got a second opportunity to go to Mimiwhangata in December 2013 and have a few posts about it then.) -Cyndi
