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Birds and Hot Springs

So, of course with Jodi in town last month, we decided to see more than just New Plymouth! She suggested that we go somewhere I haven't been before and within the timeframe we had (we booked a beer fest in Auckland as part of the tour!), we went to a town called Miranda. It's about four hours away and there's a bit shorebird centre as well as hot springs. We were at this cool Air BNB place that had springs on their property so they filled up a hot tub for us each night with the spring water!

We toured around the area a bit and mostly just giggled and relished not having kids. It was so nice to catch up - we realized it had been five years since we'd seen each other last! So funny considering that she's in Sydney which is technically closer than Vancouver of course but is still two flights away. Hopefully though, we make a point to not let another five years fly by!!





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