One of the things that I like about travel is how things are always new. I never knew what the next day would bring and a lot of times I didn't know where I would go. There were some days where I had plans to do something and five minutes before I left, I changed my mind. It was like that with the Copland Track. I was going to be catching a bus at 8:00 a.m. to go somewhere that I don't remember anymore. At 7:55 I changed my mind. I went back to the hostel and repacked my pack for going on the tramp and hitched a ride to the trailhead. I thoroughly enjoyed being on the Copland Track, so things worked out.

Even though I had serious regrets about not doing the Northwest Circuit, things worked out in the end. I didn't know what the day would bring when I changed from the Northwest Circuit to the Rakiura Track. In the end, the day introduced me to Valerie and Rob.