March 2 - Tongariro Alpine Crossing

Starting the Tongariro Alpine Crossing at the Shelter	Soggy start	Catching up with the kids
A nice Waterfall	Starting a climb	On the nice Boardwalk
Ben, John, Bill, Bryan and Sherri	Volcanic Rocks	Still Climbing
Starting to see the skies opening up in the South Crater	Hikers traversing the windy trail	Looking back on the South Crater
A gusty part of the trail	View of the Martian landscape	Still on the gusty part of the trail
Tongariro Alpine Crossing	Red Crater	Very windy at the top
A view of Blue Lake in the distance	The Emerald Lakes	Hiking down the soft trail
The Emerald Lakes and the Red Crater	Looking back at the Red Crater	Lenticular Cloud over Mt. Ngauruhoe and the Red Crater
Blue Lake	Top of the World	Starting our long downhill
View of Lake Rotoaira and Lake Taupo	Lunch at the Ketetehai Hut with all the kids	View of some private Springs
On our descent	Into the Woods	Boardwalk along the Stream
A nice Waterfall	Susan at end of the Tongariro Alpine Crossing	Catching some Zzzzzzzzzzzz after the Tongariro Alpine Crossing
Great trout fishing at Lake Taupo	Nice Sunset over Lake Taupo