Back in March (I'm slowly catching up!) Dustin's mom came out to visit us for a few weeks! We stayed in town a fair bit but we did take a couple little trips out.
The first, of course, was driving down to Whanganui to pick up dear Porter! It was a lovely sunny day and we had lunch down by the river there so it was a little tour for Lena as she hadn't been there before.
After that we hit the road going north. We had booked a bach in Whangamata for a few nights and wanted to show Lena some of the Coromandel. It's about a six hour drive (well, with stops) and because it's the east coast, the beaches have regular golden sand, not the black sands of Taranaki. The town is quite small and we've visited a couple times before on our previous trips.
On our way back, we stopped in at the Blue Springs which I had read about in a magazine and made for a lovely little break in the trip. They weren't quite as blue as the magazine photos but if the clouds weren't around I bet they would have been!
The detour put us on track to get some cheese from Over the Moon Dairy which was delicious! Yes, I always have ulterior, food-related motives.
We both were working for the rest of Lena's stay so it was lucky she had a tiny little puppy to keep her company during the days. She's the first visitor from BC to see our house and she even put in many hours of labour into our gardens and helped us pour concrete - we're very gracious she was keen to do so on her vacation! :)
The first, of course, was driving down to Whanganui to pick up dear Porter! It was a lovely sunny day and we had lunch down by the river there so it was a little tour for Lena as she hadn't been there before.
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| We stopped in Stratford for the glockenspiel show... it was, um, Shakespearean? |
Then we went to a St Patrick's Day party that our friends have every year (it goes for like 3 days but we only went to one evening of it).
After that we hit the road going north. We had booked a bach in Whangamata for a few nights and wanted to show Lena some of the Coromandel. It's about a six hour drive (well, with stops) and because it's the east coast, the beaches have regular golden sand, not the black sands of Taranaki. The town is quite small and we've visited a couple times before on our previous trips.
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| The haul from our fishing charter. I have to brag a bit, I caught the first fish, maybe the first two but my memory can't be sure about that. Definitely the first though! We got snapper, kahawai, and trevally. The trevally was amazing raw, glad the captain gave us that advice! |
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| Some of the ceviche that we made with the other catch. |
On our way back, we stopped in at the Blue Springs which I had read about in a magazine and made for a lovely little break in the trip. They weren't quite as blue as the magazine photos but if the clouds weren't around I bet they would have been!
The detour put us on track to get some cheese from Over the Moon Dairy which was delicious! Yes, I always have ulterior, food-related motives.
We both were working for the rest of Lena's stay so it was lucky she had a tiny little puppy to keep her company during the days. She's the first visitor from BC to see our house and she even put in many hours of labour into our gardens and helped us pour concrete - we're very gracious she was keen to do so on her vacation! :)
We look forward to future visits and thank her so much for coming down to hang out with us :)
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