We heard that there was a great park and beach nearby so we went for a bit of a drive and let John have a good play at the park- they even had a huge stone train!
Sunday morning we wanted to go to the Sunday markets, but because of Easter they were both closed. We had already walked into town and saw a sign for a hike that we thought might be nice. Another woman with a stroller went by and they said it was ok to do with a stroller (although theirs was a cool mountain buggy, not like our little umbrella stroller!) We did make it to the top of the steep slope, which was paved most of the way. The view from the top was gorgeous, and the mountains were capped with snow- that means winter is on the way! We took a different route back down and John walked the whole way and then slept in the car for almost 3 hours.
That afternoon we kept driving out to the start of the Abel Tasman walkway along the coast. I have to give Jeff some credit here for doing ALL of the driving on the narrow, windey, steep etc etc etc. roads! When John woke up we had just arrived at a beach area and John went wading in the water in his boots and T-shirt. The sand bar extends a long way out where we were and there were tractors with boat trailors on them going out to retrieve the boats when the tide was out, something cool for both boys to watch!
After a busy day we stopped in town and got fish-n-chips for dinner before it was back to the backpackers for sleep.
It was a good weekend away full of beautiful sights and nice people, but we were happy to get back to our sleepy little town.
3 comments:
An EASTER to remember, 2009, with many adventures and sites to explore. NZ is certainly a beautiful country!
Just opening John's blog and finding new pictures/stories bring a smile to my face plus it warms my heart! THANK YOU, Love Grandma and Grandpa
SISTER HAZEL!!!!
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