By Elliot

We slept in a bed for the first time in several days. Needless to say, we slept well.

This morning we tried to find some light flip flops or crocs. As much as we want to have as light a pack a possible, we’ve looked on in envy at people with camp shoes, strutting around and airing their feet after a hard days hike. It would also be nice to have footwear to wear in communal showers in hostels and at holiday parks.

We first tried a store called Farmers, with no success. They pointed us at a Rip Curl, but their flip flops are quite hefty. We tried the pharmacy and the dollar store. We checked the whole of Commerce Drive, but our mission ended in failure.

What else did we do today? Some active recovery with a Nalgene.

Note the pile of clothes on the bed. There’s a second bed in our room, but basically no closet space, a single hanger, and no good chair for hanging stuff. So our gear has its own bed.

We also spent the morning trying to decipher the next section of trail, how many days it will take us and how much food we need to pack.

Unfortunately, there’s a big storm hitting here on Sunday. So after thinking about it for too long, and briefly considering hiking through a storm, we’ve decided that we will be staying put at our current hostel until Monday. Not sure what we will do until then other than read, and maybe visit the library/museum they have in town which is apparently an attraction.