Heading north from Palmerston we stopped to take this picture at a roadside pull-off.

Jim, Eric, and Tyler spent the afternoon trout fishing in this river.

The Waikato River at Taupo rushes through a narrow gorge forming Huka Falls.

Leisha is standing above the falls.

Katie is looking from the river bank beside the falls.

Tokaanu hot thermal springs near Turangi.

Boiling mud pools along the pathway at Tokaanu.

At the end of our stay we took a drive to the west coast. Jim is
standing on the driftwood strewn black sand staring out at the Tasman Sea.