Day 9: Ahipara- Herekino Forest Track

Today we woke up and caught the first bus into Kaitaia to resupply at the pak n save. We got back tot he hostel and finished packing by about 10:30 which gave us a late start on the day. Andy, John, and Kasper had all left early in the morning because only Manja Nick and I needed to resupply. We took off and began to walk through the Herekino Track. 

It began to rain shortly thereafter, and didn't stop for the rest of the day. the track was muddy wet and cold. But it was still nice to be off the beach.

 We crossed some nice streams where the water was cold and pure and delicious, but the novelty of the jungle quickly wore off as the rain continued to dampen my spirits. I knew I would be sleeping wet tonight. 

The day was slightly frustrating, as the rain slowed us down quite a bit, and we didn't really make our goal. We still did around 20k with a very late start. We ran into Andy on the track where he was setting up his tent in the middle of the road. We were slightly worried about him as he seemed to be quite worn out. We hiked on for about 3-5k more before setting camp ourse4lves on a dryer spot in the middle of the tack. hopefully tomorrow will hold some sun to let us dry out our things.