On March 8th we celebrated Margaret's birthday with a champagne and cake afternoon followed by an extended family dinner. It was good to catch up with Katie, Colin and Luca and several cousins, including one that I had not seen in over 40 years. Doesn't time fly!
On Monday we took the train into Wellington and were amazed when two young people stood up to give us their seats. I guess we look older than we feel.
We drove to Palmerston North on Tuesday, visited with Auntie Bridie and later met our friends, John and Marilyn, for dinner.
On Wednesday we had another visit with Auntie Bridie and then went to visit Jen, Ali and family on their new farm. Despite all the rain that we have seen, the farmers in this area are having a drought and are feeding out hay months earlier than normal.
Yesterday we drove to Taupo and managed to get out for a 2 hour walk to the Huka Falls and back in the sunny 25 degree weather. The falls are not high but there is a lot of water being pushed through a narrow channel (200,000 litres per second) so is quite impressive.
Along the trail we passed a spot where a hot water stream flows into the river. The locals come and lie in the merging waters and soak up the heat. You can choose your location to suit your desired temperature.
Today we are headed northeast to Whakatane, again for just one night. There is a tropical cyclone headed this way so we are expecting gale force winds and heavy rain on Saturday and Sunday, so that will make interesting driving.
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