Mangawhai Heads

08.22.08: The Mangawhai Heads campground was located right near the ocean waterfront, next to the boat docks. Again, along with one other couple, we were the only campers there. But during the summer, I’m sure this place fills up with boat owners. We were really only using this as a stop off for our drive further north. So, after eating dinner, crashing for the night, doing laundry and a quick trip to the playground before the rain came again, we were on the road again.

Unfortunately, the past few campgrounds haven’t had recycling facilities. A chain of campgrounds called Top 10 that have some of the nicer facilities, advertise that all of their campgrounds have recycling. We bought a membership with them that gives us a discount whenever we stay there, but they aren’t everywhere we are going. Hopefully, that pays off. Still, I’ve been saving up our empty containers, bottles and used paper. Luckily, in a tour book our rental company gave us, I found a listing of recycling facilities in the Northland. It came in handy as we were on our way back to the highway. We found a facility and were able to still get that stuff where it belongs. Yea!