January 5, 2007
\nWaterfront Cafe, Russell, Bay of Islands<\/p>\n
We’ve been a few days without internet access now, and in addition to a slight case of the shakes, I’ve started forgetting what we’ve done. Trusty pen & paper have come to the rescue. Here’s the synopsis of the story since the last post:<\/p>\n
Dec. 30 – ferry from Picton to Wellington, picked up a new rental car, found the hotel, found a Starbucks, got some dinner
\nDec. 31 – took the Wellington cable car up the mountain, walked back down, spent the afternoon in the (wonderful) Te Papa museum, and had a New Year’s celebratory dinner at Zibbibo
\nJan. 1 – longish drive to Tongariro, checked in to the glamorous Chateau, glared at the heavy cloud cover
\nJan. 2 – slept in, glared at the cloud cover some more, rebooked our plans to stay an extra day, gassed up the car, got supplies, did a workout in the gym
\nJan. 3 – Tongariro Crossing! Great views of lunar volcanic landscape, sulphurous steam vents, poisonous lakes & streams
\nJan. 4 – very long drive to Russell in the Bay of Islands. The most traffic so far this trip (not saying very much, however). Didn’t stop in Auckland. Nice dinner at Gannett’s.
\nJan. 5 – getting ready for a sailing cruise of the Bay of Islands on the catamaran Straycat.<\/p>\n
So that was this morning’s notes. Now back from the sailing cruise, which was lovely: a small cruising catamaran with a comfortable cabin, four other adult passengers and two children, plus two crew. The weather was glorious for sailing and we had a lovely long cruise back to Russell with the engines off the whole way back.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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