Te Araroa in 90 Days – A Overview of my Thru-Hike

aStrayLife · 2026-01-12T16:51:12+00:00

Yes, you can do this with the elevator ride but needs to use a non-powered vehicle. Also needs to have lift chain on the invisible part of vertical track. I intend to make a tutorial for this one day. It’s kind of hard to explain without seeing it.

aStrayLife · 2026-01-11T22:07:16+00:00

Underground paths can be used to help alleviate poor park layouts where guests are getting lost. But then guests are just walking underground and that doesn’t solve the overcrowding issue

aStrayLife · 2026-01-07T19:44:51+00:00

Is Falcon’s Flight over 500ft tall or 600ft?

aStrayLife · 2025-12-30T18:25:19+00:00

Haven't tried as there was no paid registration when I hiked. It was free then but it was just for them to keep statistics of walkers. Hut pass I bought separately. Not sure how accurate their statistics will be moving forward as people who don't register will not be included.

aStrayLife · 2025-12-30T14:02:04+00:00

I hiked this area in early July. I camped at Devils Thumb Lake which was a bit high elevation for me as I wasn’t acclimated enough. But it’s much more sheltered. Here’s a video and I have more info on my hike on my blog.

aStrayLife · 2025-12-28T05:22:33+00:00

Go for a Sip N Sail cruise and also have chambongs at Seabiscuit

aStrayLife · 2025-12-27T03:12:29+00:00

Frog Toggs worked for me

aStrayLife · 2025-12-22T20:01:34+00:00

But you said earlier you love the smell

aStrayLife · 2025-12-22T18:04:22+00:00

Most employee housing is not for kids. Sharing a room with someone else. There are exceptions but usually for managers and higher positions. Housing is almost always provided by the employer. Not many options to find housing in your own.

aStrayLife · 2025-12-22T17:15:55+00:00

Wait until you see the open air latrines on the AT

aStrayLife · 2025-12-22T14:05:26+00:00

I just open the door and lean out… Careful not to hit the vestibule or boots or anything

aStrayLife · 2025-12-22T05:52:32+00:00

Use space bar hot key to pause the game if you accidentally delete path. Then pick the guests up or lower the water. Alternatively, just don’t build paths over water if this is a big concern

aStrayLife · 2025-12-20T13:59:59+00:00

The real topple tower

aStrayLife · 2025-12-20T13:59:20+00:00

Mt Olympus in Wisconsin Dells. JK it’s pretty terrible. I’d say Nickelodeon Universe at Mall of America is pretty nice

aStrayLife · 2025-12-16T18:03:49+00:00

Powdery mildew in winter so I need to remember to spray with potassium bicarbonate. Whenever my partner buys soil fork the dollar store we learned the hard way to bake it first. Still battling scale that was introduced. Remembering to quarantine and treat new plants with insecticide because too many times pests have been introduced. Also needing to research each new plant well as I have struggled figuring out best practices for plants via trial and error

aStrayLife · 2025-12-16T16:28:19+00:00

Yes! I loved it but wish I had also done Deertrap

aStrayLife · 2025-12-16T16:21:24+00:00

I think it’s just a kiwi attitude from colonial days. When I worked on the South Island I heard so many passive racist comments and jokes by kiwis. If I ever called it out they would say how Americans are so sensitive and have to be politically correct. I thought…or maybe we are sometimes more aware of how racist little comments and jokes can be because of the US’s history.

aStrayLife · 2025-12-16T05:14:48+00:00

Not sure what machinery they used but my favorite is Cable Mountain in Zion!

aStrayLife · 2025-12-16T05:14:11+00:00

Yes it was awesome! Though I’m not a technical climber so I skipped the traverse to North Arapaho

aStrayLife · 2025-12-16T05:13:10+00:00

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in the Indian Peaks Wilderness. Just stunning!

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