Marina and Olaf came to stay, so we took them for a drive.
A slow day driving to New Plymouth via Foxton estuary to catch a glimpse of the godwits. And there were a few, feeding madly to bulk up before their long flight back to Alaska in autumn.
Mish found us a great house in NP - sea view on one side, Mt Taranaki on the other.
The Three Sisters bar on NP's main drag.
Then a drive across the island to Taupo along the green and scenic Forgotten World highway.
Having a swim in the chilly Waikato River, finding some warm thermal bits around the edges and not going out further out as she's a swiftie and you'd be last seen going over Huka Falls.
And home along SH1 and the Desert Road past the three mountains hidden in low cloud.
Mish and Marina making grain crackers. Delicious.
Strolling Zealandia. They saw NZ's smallest bird, the elusive rifleman!
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