We were all very excited that our days drive was only 2hr and since it was grey and cloudy in Hokitika there was not reason to stick around. After a quick drive to Punakaiki we set up our tents and took our friends on the river walk that we loved so much, the weather was still a little over cast but it was warm out and it felt good to be out of the van and get the blood flowing. After our hike we walked up to Pancake rocks, we were lucky because the tide was in, the waves were big and the blow holes were in full effect spouting water out of cracks in the rock sometimes 20 - 30 feet in the air.
We made a great dinner of shrimp fajitas and Jeff and Kasey taught us how to play cribbage. It was a fun night. Once it was dark we went glowworm hunting in the cave by our motorcamp.
and on the walk back Ben spotted a glow worm on the underside of a huge roadside boulder. We were able get very close to, and Jeff got a cool picture that you could actually see the worn, the light and his syliva(the part that glows) hanging down. Back at the campsite we heard a rustling in the tree right by our tent and after some investigation we found that is was a possum, we checked it out a little it was cool to see one alive as we pass 5-10 dead ones every day on the road.
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