From Picton to Ohakune

We took two tablets against seasickness and after three hours on the boat, we got back to the North Island and we continued our way to Egmont National Park. There we stayed at the Konini Lodge of the Department of Conservation in a place called Dawson Falls. We were at the foot of Mount Taranaki (2500m). At dawn, Taranaki colours gold and just when we wanted to take a photo of this extraordinary spectacle of colours, Wouter realised he left our camera behind in Hawea! But because we are very nice people, We were very lucky as well and the police found it, but too late to take that morning picture because the next morning was a bit too cloudy. We did a beautiful and long walk with Ella, almost 5 hours, she did really well. I really would like to climb up to the top but it seems to be a serious climb and with Ella we do not think it is a good idea, which means that we will come back in the future.
We decided to leave one day early because the weather started to be a bit nasty and we drove to Tongariro National Park through “ The forgotten world highway “ which is narrow and windy but lovely to drive through (well, maybe it was not that funny for Wouter who was driving the whole time). We got stuck there in a traffic jam…of sheep!!!. We stopped to spend the night at Tokaanu, because we were told about a place with mineral pools, where me and Ella spent the afternoon. From here we went to Ohakune: an Alpine Town at Mount Ruhapeu Skifields. Wouter was challenged to do the Tongariro Alpine Crossing for 200 dollars. He did it together with Luke and Bill and he said that it is an easy walk that we could have done with Ella, maybe next time.
The next day we were heading for the East Coast.