One of our "neigh"bors at Tom's Cottage
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We called these guys "The Three Amigos." A future Kelly painting, no doubt.
Now that's a martini! New Zealand's own 42 Below vodka and Craggy Range's own olives...I asked for extras!
That would be December 26th. I looked up the origins of Boxing Day, and there are several, none definitive. But it is a national holiday here as well as Australia, England, and a few other counties around the world. Fortunately for us, it also meant a lot less traffic on the roads and our trip from Tom’s Cottages to Wellington was pretty much uneventful.
We took a route that we were told was going to be scenic, crossing over the mountains to the western side of the North Island, hoping to drive south along the water. We saw a little water, but it was hardly scenic. I think we’ve been spoiled by the amazing beauty of this country, and anything short of WOW is now considered a disappointment!
Anyway…we’re killing a couple of hours right now, just a short hop to the ferry that will take us to the South Island. It’s a bit windy out he right now…hoping the seas will be calmer, but you never know! I brought my Bonine just in case!
By the way…I have movies and photos all set in Kelly’s laptop. As soon as I have access to it for a longer period of time, I’ll shoot some video your way!
It’s Christmas Day in the afternoon. I get to catch up on blogging, and I also put together a few movies using my new Flip camcorder that does a great job of making mini-HD videos. Of course, the only thing I can’t do is upload anything, because we have no wi-fi connection! So I will do that ASAP. Obviously, if you’re reading this, I did that already.
So, no trip to Napier today. We chose instead to have a nice little lunch on the backyard picnic table and then we drove to the Tuki Tuki River, just below our cottage, thinking we could swim there. But the current was too strong, and the riverfront a little nasty. So we drove out of there and totally by accident saw a sign that said “Ocean Beach.” We decided to follow it and it led us to the Pacific Ocean and an amazing beach that already had a whole bunch of vacationing families enjoying sun, sand and some Christmas Day barbecuing. There was a small pool of fresh water from a stream that was entering the ocean at that point, and Ava enjoyed swimming there immensely.
Back home now…Ava took a much-needed nap and we are getting our dinner ready. It’s 6PM and the sun is at its fullest…hard to get used to the fact that evening is not far away. But we do want to have our dinner and then drive to Te Mata peak to see the sun set.
Tomorrow it’s off to Wellington and the ferry that will take us to the South Island.
