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Day One: a delightful reading room in our B&B
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View toward Tauranga's harbour from downtown
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Gardens along the waterfront, Tauranga
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Catching some sun along the Tauranga waterfront
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So many red bikes! Lake Taupo sidewalk art
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The McDonald's in Taupo has incorporated a Douglas DC-3 airplane into its design
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The once-thriving town of Taumarunui
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A convent converted into a quaint B&B
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Meeting Sassy
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Meeting Memphis (Josie and Sassy are behind him)
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Scrubby vegetation at the start of the horse trek through the Tongariro Forest Conservation Area
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Gaining elevation, and more lush vegetation
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Old logging road
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Cliffside view in Tongariro Forest Conservation Area
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Rest stop offers prickly seating: stand and enjoy the views
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The horses get a rest, too
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Back on the trail. The horses know the way.
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One of several stream crossings
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Our guide on Josie, taking up the rear
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Horses like to eat the pampas grass
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Sometimes you can't lead a horse to water
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Rainbow over Tongariro, as rain clouds close in on us
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Sign at Ten Man Hut
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Pasturing the horses for the night
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"Ten Man Hut" is comfortable enough for weary wranglers
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Tuff, a pyroclastic material deposited by a volcano
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This "bush lawyer" plant has hooked thorns that rip at clothing and skin
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Inside the hut with the mighty little Manaiti
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She's trying to wear my jacket
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Next morning on the fresh and dewey trail
