Hi guys!!!!!So much has happened in the last few days. This past week has been so busy! well.... we got our car, a Subaru station wagon. She is a beauty :) We named her lady bird and so far she has been great. We decided on going for a station wagon over a van because we felt it was more economical and suited us a bit better. The first day we bought her we hit the road. We couldn't wait any longer to get out of the city. We headed north for a 4 day camping road trip. Our first stop was in the Bay of Islands. Simply amazing is all i can really say. White sand beaches and crystal clear water with little islands surrounding us. We set up camp at Haruru Falls and went kayaking down the river through lush forests. The next day we continued north to make it to Cape Reigna, which is the northern most part of the north island. We went hiking down this jungle mountain to an awesome beach were the two of us played in the water and we happened to be the only 2 on the beach. I cant really put into words how beautiful everything is, its surreal. After our day of hiking we set up camp right on the beach got a good night sleep and headed out in the morning. On our way back south we drove down 90 mile beach which here is a legal highway. We were told by some locals that when driving down 90 mile beach we can pull of the side and go shell fish hunting, so we did and caught ourselves about 50 or so. We ended up cooking them for dinner that night. Continuing our drive south we hit up the sand dunes to go sand boarding which was unbelievable. We hiked up these dunes to go 60 mph back down them. We did one more night of camping, drove back down to Auckland the next day to pick up Thomas and Jeremy at the airport. WE are now in Rotarua, where we went zorbing, luging, and a sky swing. The for of us stayed in a hostel last night and today we are on our way to go rafting through the glow worm caves. BUSY BUSY BUSY! But so much fun. Miss y'all and wish you could be doing these adventures with us!
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Sorry for the Delay!!!!
Hi guys!!!!!So much has happened in the last few days. This past week has been so busy! well.... we got our car, a Subaru station wagon. She is a beauty :) We named her lady bird and so far she has been great. We decided on going for a station wagon over a van because we felt it was more economical and suited us a bit better. The first day we bought her we hit the road. We couldn't wait any longer to get out of the city. We headed north for a 4 day camping road trip. Our first stop was in the Bay of Islands. Simply amazing is all i can really say. White sand beaches and crystal clear water with little islands surrounding us. We set up camp at Haruru Falls and went kayaking down the river through lush forests. The next day we continued north to make it to Cape Reigna, which is the northern most part of the north island. We went hiking down this jungle mountain to an awesome beach were the two of us played in the water and we happened to be the only 2 on the beach. I cant really put into words how beautiful everything is, its surreal. After our day of hiking we set up camp right on the beach got a good night sleep and headed out in the morning. On our way back south we drove down 90 mile beach which here is a legal highway. We were told by some locals that when driving down 90 mile beach we can pull of the side and go shell fish hunting, so we did and caught ourselves about 50 or so. We ended up cooking them for dinner that night. Continuing our drive south we hit up the sand dunes to go sand boarding which was unbelievable. We hiked up these dunes to go 60 mph back down them. We did one more night of camping, drove back down to Auckland the next day to pick up Thomas and Jeremy at the airport. WE are now in Rotarua, where we went zorbing, luging, and a sky swing. The for of us stayed in a hostel last night and today we are on our way to go rafting through the glow worm caves. BUSY BUSY BUSY! But so much fun. Miss y'all and wish you could be doing these adventures with us!
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It sounds all so amazing. Treasure your moments. It snowed 6 inches here over the weekend. The kiddo's are having a super fun time playing in it. As for me, I'd prefer the beach anyday over the snow. ;-). Y'all are so lucky to be camping along a coastline.
ReplyDeleteWhat the heck is zorbing ( maybe we don't want to know), whatever it sounds like fun. Adair, curt is having fun at berkeley ( he just got accepted into a fraternity) and nick started the explorer program and is doing well. Hurry up and send us some more pictures and comments.Luv u guys
ReplyDeleteLove the updates, it looks amazing! My friend is studying for the semester in Auckland, if you guys are around there let me know, she's way awesome and you guys should meet up
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