Monday Oct. 1st. 07
Resting here back in the Bay of Plenty….ahhhh abundant in serenity and beauty……the long, long stretches of wide sandy beaches, grassy dunes and gentle rolling surf.
Blessed with warmth and sunshine for our anniversary we climbed to the highest point around to view the strange twisted mud flats of Ohiwa Harbour, far away Motiti Island and the still active and sulphur stinking volcano White Island, Opotiki Beach to the south where we camped the other night and all the way up the coast to the most Easterly Raukumara Range, Maori Lands.
We enjoyed the slow (rollercoaster ) journey up the East Cape coastline, staying over at Te Araroa south of Hick’s Bay
and before that at Tatapouri where the tiny blue penguins come out at night.
Gisbourne is an interesting historic town, (Capt. Cook).
We bought Paua shell treasures and much needed woollens of Merino and Possum fur. Ahhh warmand cozy at last.
Tuesday, October 2nd 2007
Headed back up the coast, we are now stopped at Waihi beach. It`s raining, and since we`re neither ducks nor penguins, we are holed up in the campervan. We haven`t even seen the beach yet. We`ll probably stay here a couple of nights.
2 comments:
You still look like lovebirds. Happy Anniversary. Miss you both. Forget the sunshine and sandy beaches. There are leaves to run through here (wet leaves at the moment). Glad you are warming up. Looking forward to your return.
Love and hugs, Jo
Yeah! Happy Anniversary!! Its hard to believe that 7 years have passed already. It seems like it was just yesterday. Are you two itchy yet? Everyone missed you at thanksgiving. Look forward to having you back, even if its only for a little while. Much love
frank
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