We decided to return to the Motueka River today. We left my car at the Graham River take-out spot, the same as last week, then drove in Devon's van back to the put-in, but this time we explored up-river further. Instead of putting in at the Baton Bridge like last time, we drove further back up the road until we found another place where we could reach the river easily from the road. This added almost 3km to the run taking the distance to paddle to 10km. It also added a couple of nice rapids we hadn't run before.
The other nice thing about the new put in was the lupins in flower on the river bank (at least I think they're lupins, anyone know what they are for sure?). I photographed the sea of colour they created. I wish I could have captured the sweet smell too...
8:42:10 PM 
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