After and week of great food, amazing home brew and cider, and phenomenal company, we said farewell to yet another set of great friends that we have met here in New Zealand. Next step: heading north in search of surf for the final steps of our journey.
I was very excited to be back in the water after a long hiatus. Unfortunately, "Surf Highway 45", the coastal road around Taranaki renowned for its surf locations, was not where we would find these marvelous waves I had been dreaming about. Instead we found some wind, and lots of it.
When we got to Raglan a few days later, the weather cleared, the swell picked up, and the water was warm enough for me to get Lanna into the water. Despite the initial nervousness, she performed like a superstar standing up on her first day out!
After our week of "vacation" in Raglan, we are headed back to the farm in Ngaruawahia to work with some old friends and hopefully sell our car... I can hear it now, here piggy piggy piggy...
I was very excited to be back in the water after a long hiatus. Unfortunately, "Surf Highway 45", the coastal road around Taranaki renowned for its surf locations, was not where we would find these marvelous waves I had been dreaming about. Instead we found some wind, and lots of it.
When we got to Raglan a few days later, the weather cleared, the swell picked up, and the water was warm enough for me to get Lanna into the water. Despite the initial nervousness, she performed like a superstar standing up on her first day out!
After our week of "vacation" in Raglan, we are headed back to the farm in Ngaruawahia to work with some old friends and hopefully sell our car... I can hear it now, here piggy piggy piggy...
Playing a game of Phase 10 in our storm shelter somewhere in Taranaki...
Perched on a log and putting thoughts to paper
Having a cuppa in Raglan while waiting for the tide.
Unfortunately this is the only photo we have of Lanna surfing as we were both in the water.
A view from Mt Kaori, our only day in Raglan with no working and no surfing.
Our lovely Merlot, the one that carried us to so many places.
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