Just arrived in Detroit, the temperature is a balmy 6F, I sure hope it’s a little warmer in Akron. The flight was supposed to be my chance to get some sleep but between my burly distillery smelling seatmate, the woman seated in front of me’s whinny dog and some poor child with an ear infection […]
Read More →Got the call from my salesman on Saturday, Forrest River has finally got a fix for the tail light problem, and the unit I’m interested in has been repaired and they expect to have my recall letter on Monday. So all I have to do is arrange my flight down there to inspect it and […]
Read More →After looking for over a year I might have found the RV we have been looking for, it meets most of our needs and budget which is good but it’s located in the US a short distance from Akron Ohio which is defiantly a long way from home. We put a deposit down on it […]
Read More →Today is our last day of vacation – it’s time to head back home. Plans for today were to check out the downtown area and the Auckland bridge, but once downtown we find parking rates are $15/hr (ouch), so we check out the bridge. We accidentally head over the bridge instead, but it works out […]
Read More →We survive the night in the haunted hotel with our only problem the person next door with a terrible cough. We meet up with our group for the Spellbound tour of Waitomo Caves!! After donning our safety helmets, we enter the cave on an elevated platform above the running water. We head 10 meters into […]
Read More →This morning we drive to Wai-O-Tapu (Sacred Water) which is a thermal wonderland located 35km outside of Rotaroa. Wai-O-Tapu is covered with colourful craters, steaming waters, hot and cold pools,vents and hissing fumeroles. A volcanic wonderland of geothermal activity. We spend a couple of hours walking the well-marked paths of this amazing park. The pools […]
Read More →In the morning we brave the cool rain and walk thru the Maori Village of Ohinemutul and see St. Faith’s Church. We can hear the choir singing as we stroll thru the mist created by the hot vents. We also see Tuma-te-kapua Whareenui meeting house with its carved poles. We then head over to the […]
Read More →After a good night’s sleep, we head to the tourist info center to book our tour of Hobbiton. We head out on a 3hr guided tour to Hobbiton. The drive out is picturesque – rolling green hills with hedges separating the fields full of sheep and cows. Hobbiton is a permanent movie set on a […]
Read More →Today we head to Matamata to visit an old friend from our earlier travels. We manage to figure out how to navigate thru the city with its many roads under construction and numerous traffic circles. Once on the highway it is smooth sailing to our first stop – Cambridge is famous for its race horses. […]
Read More →Up early for our trek out to the airport. We decide to take Public transport and, after a shaky start, get it figured out. It’s a short flight from Sydney to Auckland – just 3 hours. After arriving in Auckland we have to pick up our rental at the airport drive out to our hotel […]
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