Saturday, August 13, 2011

Whew!



We’ve been all over the place the last few weeks. The reappearance of my PSA a couple of months ago has not greatly influenced our priorities but this last month we have done some things we’ve been talking about for years.
We have –
-presented our Murder Mystery “Death by Cooperation” at St Austell’s Cooperating Parish in New Lynn…
- attended grand-daughter Lauren’s 21st - she just back from six weeks in Scotland and Europe…
- travelled on the Overlander train to Wellington – absolutely loved it…
- relocated a Wellington rental motorhome back up to Auckland via Taranaki. Only $5 a day plus fuel but the diesel cost more than the train tickets!
- flown to Christchurch and entered into a little of that lovely city’s earthquake tragedy – stayed with grandson Tim and grand-daughter-in –law-elect Casey in their cosy flat…
- travelled on the Tranzscenic train to Greymouth and back to Christchurch – fantastic golden-blue day with snow on the ground at Arthur’s Pass…
- been out on the glass-bottomed boat at Goat Island – fascinating, and a great advertisement for marine sanctuaries…

The problem with all of these trips is that each one involves four hours’ driving each way to Auckland before we actually start anything else. It’s the price of living in such a stunning part of the world, I guess… We won’t be able to stay forever. But, then, nothing is forever, is it?

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