Craters of the Moon

My first jog of the new year (I know it’s late to say this towards the end of February, but it’s better than December ^^) along the shore of Lake Taupo - at least a fraction of it. And what better way of cooling down than going for a swim directly afterwards in what felt like cold-plunge worthy, 10 degree cold water - but it was probably a fair deal warmer than that. Though it does get cold at night.
The main attraction of the day would be a trip to Craters of the Moon - a geothermally active area near Taupo. In all fairness, the so-called Craters of the Moon looked like a successfully terraformed version of the actual moon - surprisingly green despite signs saying that not a lot would grow there. I beg to differ. The steam coming from the vents made our pants uncomfortably hot, funny enough.
In other news, my arduous search for some matcha powder here in NZ was finally crowned with success. Then I drove us back swiftly to a) enjoy my matcha-vanilla ice-cream smoothie and b) to let Maddie make me a fresh batch of shortbread as a dessert for yesterday‘s lasagna.もっと詳しく