Hiking Tawhai Falls, part 1. Remembering.
May. 22nd, 2024 09:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerOur day in Tongariro National Park last month was a very packed day. I keep writing that over and over— because it's true. This is the tenth blog I've posted about our visit park and the twelfth from the whole day.
You might wonder with so much to write about, and especially with me still catching up on it over a month later, how I remember what I did. It's three things.
💡🧐🤣
We saved the Tawhai Falls Walk for last because it's a short hike, only about 1/2 mile round trip. And it's relatively easy.
About 1/4 mile down the trail we found a viewpoint of Tawhai Falls from above.
The trail continues past here, winding around and down to river level a bit downstream.
Here the trail ends abruptly at the river's edge to the right. Hawk and I hopped out onto a big rock in the middle of the water. That's where I made the photo above.
In the photo you can see a bit of a trail around the edge to the right. Well, "trail" may be a strong word. If you're a hiker you can definitely see a way that one might walk along the rocky bank, scramble over those big rocks about 20' upstream, and climb over the far side to get a better view of the falls.
Yeah, that's where I went next. Stay tuned for more photos!
You might wonder with so much to write about, and especially with me still catching up on it over a month later, how I remember what I did. It's three things.
- First, I have a strong memory for things I've done and places I've gone.
- Second, the act of making photos helps— and sorting them into folders on my computer named with the location and date - e.g., 📁 Tawhai Falls Tongariro NP NZ 4-16-2024 - helps even more.
- Third, I try to start each batch of photos with a pic like this:
💡🧐🤣
We saved the Tawhai Falls Walk for last because it's a short hike, only about 1/2 mile round trip. And it's relatively easy.
About 1/4 mile down the trail we found a viewpoint of Tawhai Falls from above.
The trail continues past here, winding around and down to river level a bit downstream.
Here the trail ends abruptly at the river's edge to the right. Hawk and I hopped out onto a big rock in the middle of the water. That's where I made the photo above.
In the photo you can see a bit of a trail around the edge to the right. Well, "trail" may be a strong word. If you're a hiker you can definitely see a way that one might walk along the rocky bank, scramble over those big rocks about 20' upstream, and climb over the far side to get a better view of the falls.
Yeah, that's where I went next. Stay tuned for more photos!
