Tauranga, the tramp and Taranaki!!!
Hey everyone! SO sorry this update is a little behind schedule. That's what living in a van does to you. Regardless, we miss you all like crazy and we're looking forward to catching up in 3 months with all of you and making new memories. Before I start singing a sappy love song, I'll say toodles and don't forget to drop us a line. Here are some pictures that really don't do this country's beauty justice.
1. Ailie, Shane and I snagging avocados from the neighbour's yard in Tauranga...
Just strolling along the main beach at Mount Maunganui...
The guy with the camera has been picking kiwifruit too long...I think his hand is still twitching! But don't our outfits look 'choice'?
Just before the storm came we walked along the beach and grabbed some shells...
Look at all those kiwis! I just want to pick them all! Pick pick pick pick...
On the west coast just outside of New Plymouth are these cute little islands called 'Sugarloaf Islands'...I would have called them 'The Gumdrops'...mmm...
If Shane keeps eating those chips he's gonna look like the guy in the background!
We took a nature walk on Mt. Taranaki and Shane couldn't stay on the trail...
Mount Manuganui and its main beach in all its glory...(we spend a lot of time here!)
Mt Taranaki, also called Mt Egmont, was the mountain they used in The Last Samurai to represent Mt Fuji. I can't wait to see it covered in snow!
After the tramp my last name should have been 'Payne'! I know, I'm a wimp...whatever...
On the last day of our tramp, even the weather couldn't take away from the views! Incredible!
From way up high on the Queen Charlotte Track, you can see forever! How beautiful!
Some farmer is lucky enough to live here...
Shane and big tree...that's all...
Shane feeding a tame local New Zealand bird called a Weka...he really liked scroggin (trail mix)...
Guess what we're having for dinner...MUSSELS!!! and lots of 'em!
I know I look super-imposed in this pic, but I was there! Honest!
And maybe in this one, too, but we were really there...and we have blisters to prove it!
Can you believe the colour of that water? The forest we walked through felt almost tropical with palm trees every once in a while and the mountains were so amazing!
Aphra and I on the ferry from Wellington to Picton to start the tramp. Over 3 hours, $120 each and not nearly as nice as BC Ferries. I will never complain again!
Shane looks way to happy to be waiting for our little boat to take us from Picton to Ship's Cove.
Jacob and Aphra being their usual silly selves! Catch anything, Jacob?
A gorgeous sunset at Foxton Beach northwest of Wellington.
The unknowing happy couple awaits their 4-day grueling tramp in Marlborough Sounds. Will they make it out alive? Yes, but with injuries and wounds to remind them of their adventures.
posted by The Deringer @ 4:05 a.m.
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3 Comments:
You guys look beat in some of those pictures.
Nice kiwi picking. How much do those front loaders carry? Twenty pounds or so? Kind of like being really pregnant Trace.
You sure do take some amazing pictures. My favorite is the one with the mountain showing through the middle of the forest. Beautiful.
Thanks for keeping us updated.
Hey Tracy: Neil Mossie just logged onto your blog here in the PCS prep room and we've been scanning some of the gorgeous scenes that you've sent. You both look to be thoroughly enjoying the 'vagabond' life while the rest of us are 'keeping the wheels of industry turning'! Only 26 days of teaching left before the summer, and then we can enjoy some R&R too. Oh, and that's right ... being 'down under' you guys will be heading into winter weather while we enjoy the sun!!! I can tell you that it's about time too as it seemed that we saw almost nothing but dreary grey skies from early December until late April (well, slight hyperbole there ... but only slight!) Hope you both continue to enjoy yourselves - keep safe and healthy.
Malcolm & the Preppies in Rm. 221
Wow guys... We just got your blog from tammy.. looks like you are having a blast!!! We miss you lots. Is the surfing hard??? Are you sick of kiwis yet??? Those photos are great. You guys are lucky lucky lucky to experience such a wonderful trip!! Take care and I hope to see you soon
Luv Erin Phil and Noah
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