DRAFT: Wrapping up the north island

Havenlock

• Listening to playing big
• commitment to art deco
  • bao bun sandwiches the pedal assist e-bike date
  • biking to the coast
  • watching the sea on the rocky beech
  • katie’s observations about the cliffs
  • lunch at the art cafe
  • the hilly bike path to the craggy range
  • amazing wine and tons of wine facts
    • drove back the next day to buy some
  • racing back on “Turbo” in order to return the bikes in time
  • dinner at the oldest active winery in New Zealand
• trying out the new tent
  • crazy manicured trees
  • full kitchen
  • sleeping in the orchard
    • lights that wouldn’t turn off
  • hot tub and swimming pool

Wellington

• the stay
  • baby lamb
    • wanted to be near you but didn’t know how to engage
    • baaaing at the bathroom window
    • best Airbnb ever
      • stocked b-freast food
      • socked bathroom
      • 20 ways to make coffee
      • charging dongle with every possible port
      • super nice hosts
        • gave us tons of recommendations
        • doughtful sounds
• mailing stuff home
  • mailed all north island souvenirs to make room in the car
• city night
  • exhausted from the drive
  • got NY pizza alone
  • Katie surprised met the Jazz quartet
  • Seattle wannabees
    • everyone wearing black

Ferry

• first time driving a car onto a boat Hudson takes to the sea
• got a seat at the “back” of the boat
• ate and got into blog writing
• each did a lap around the boat
  • winds strong enough to blow a bennie off your head
• Katie reminded us this was the activity for the day
• got some snacks and watched the bay from the side of the boat
• everything you touched would leave a film of salt dust on your fingers
• face tattoo man with his family (including grandma) spit off the boat and got really excited
  • “I spit and it went backwards!!”
• rainbow in the wake of the boat
• drive to nelson
• road closed
• got mussel sampler at the mussel capital of the world
  • the port the green lipped mussel come in on
  • smoked, marinated, steamed, batter & deep fried, in bacon & cheese, and in sweet & sour sauces
• Listening to Kara Swisher’s new podcasts

Nelson

• heritage house
  • toilet roll holder from NY
  • crazy toilet flush (50 million liters of water & 10 minutes between flush & misting on courtesy flush)
• picking K&C up from the airport
• first brunch
• farmers markets
• packing for Abel Tasman
• more mussels
• food poisoning
• day in the park
  • finally reading
• lunch at the burger place a fluffy cat that made it into the house

• hiking grampions

  • all the closed trails
  • descending on a rope
  • climbing up a steep utility access “road”
  • seeing sheep
  • getting a bit of wool from a fence
  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

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