Another week gone by. We've been enjoying the Wiapu/ Ruakaka area. We have been walking almost 3 miles on the beach every day and have even had a chance do some Kiteboarding. The weather has been nice.. not warm enough to lay on the beach.. but great for kiteboarding and traveling around. It has been so great to be settled for a little while. The whole week we actually had the entire campground to our self.Since we were settled we took the time to explore all t...

Whew…. I can't believe it's been 2 weeks since I last posted our adventures. Bet you guys thought we had dropped off the planet. Ha Ha We actually just went to this tiny island at the end of the world that has very little wifi. Ha Ha So last I posted we were headed south to the Bay of Plenty...which is exactly what we did. It was a bit exciting to actually see a town that had more than one super market, lots of clothing shops, cafésetc. etc. For all extensiv...

Another busy few days down here in New Zeleand.We left Wednesday for the Coromandal peninsula. It still amazes us with how long it takes to get from point A to point B down here. We thought.. only a few hours from Ruakaka to the Coromandal… I mean after all we will be on the main motorway. Ha Ha… try like 4 and 5 hours before we actually found a place to stay for the night. We just really should give up trying to estimate our drive times. We decided to do t...

So we've spent the last few days in Ruakaka. It's been freezing cold as the wind has been blowing straight out of the south.. which is comming right from Antartica. Who would have thought it could get so cold in the spring. Nick and I have been all bundled up in our snow pants, jackets and as many layers and we could put on. Brrr. On Monday we were so cold we went to the aquatic center and sat in the hot tub and swam in the heated pool for 3 hours! Ha ha We expl...

So lots to catch up on… it's been a busy 3 days here in NZ.On Thursday we decided to stay an extra day in the Bay of Islands and do a sailboat trip out to one of the outer islands. It is definitely the highlight of the trip so far. We left Russell dock at 10:00am and headed for the open ocean.. ok so maybe it wasn't the open ocean.. but if you headed straight out thru all the islands and over the horizon… in 8 days you would hit Fiji. He he The wind picked ...