19 December: Monday. Life is good when all you have to do in the morning is sit outside with a bowl of muesli and yogurt and watch the tide roll in! Our cabin at the Sandspit Holiday Park is about 30 feet from the water's edge. We relaxed until it was time to drive the five minutes to the pier to meet Dan and Valerie for our cruise. The boat goes to several piers and bays along the Kawau Island coast delivering mail and supplies to residents and businesses on the...

19 December: Monday. Life is good when all you have to do in the morning is sit outside with a bowl of muesli and yogurt and watch the tide roll in! Our cabin at the Sandspit Holiday Park is about 30 feet from the water's edge. We relaxed until it was time to drive the five minutes to the pier to meet Dan and Valerie for our cruise. The boat goes to several piers and bays along the Kawau Island coast delivering mail and supplies to residents and businesses...

14 December: Wednesday. Our flight to NZ was without incident. We met Jeannie and Marty Lorrey at the gate and were sitting two rows behind them for the trip! I slept most of the way...Buzz watched endless movies. Arrived at 6:45 am, passport control, baggage, customs, topped up my Vodafone account, picked up our rental car, and arrived at the Grayson's in Red Beach just after 9am to the Stars and Stripes waving in the wind and a wonderful welcome from Helen and ...

14 December: Wednesday. Our flight to NZ was without incident. We met Jeannie and Marty Lorrey at the gate and were sitting two rows behind them for the trip! I slept most of the way...Buzz watched endless movies. Arrived at 6:45 am, passport control, baggage, customs, topped up my Vodafone account, picked up our rental car, and arrived at the Grayson's in Red Beach just after 9am to the Stars and Stripes waving in the wind and a wonderful welcome from Hel...

Monday, 28 March: We left Audrey with our customary "see you next time" and headed north. The traffic was steady and the rain intermittent but no too bad until we got just south of Auckland and didn't ease until almost at our exit for Silverdale. On our next trip we will try to be more cognizant of holidays and the attendant traffic! Easter Weekend is a four day holiday! We arrived at the Graysons to find Jim hard at work cutting back the hedge along the driveway...