Lake MacKenzie

My first day on the Routeburn Track. This is Lake MacKenzie, where one of the DOC huts for the track is located. It was about a four-hour walk from the trailhead, up, down, up, over, and up to this point.

When I arrived I found myself emotionally and physically drained from a difficult past few days. I laid down in my bunk and began shivering with chills, though it was a warm afternoon, and my head was pounding. This level of fatigue on all fronts has me reevaluating what I've set out to do these next few weeks. Some new ideas are beginning to surface--new and different paths of experience to take in my remaining weeks here in NZ.