The pre-holiday holiday

The timing was not ideal, as we are preparing to leave on our next big trip on Wednesday, but friends wanted to rent our house for 2 days so we agreed. It seemed that it would be a great opportunity to bring all our pot plants to Emma and Justin to care for while we are away.

Emma and Justin have a small block of land at Hikuai, over looking the Pinnacles on one side, pine forest on another, and farmland and river towards Pauanui out the other direction. Beautiful views, and because of the nice elevation, a nice breeze as well to help keep us cool.

Bruce had the job of choosing the perfect parking spot, and that turned out to be in the middle of a grove of avocado trees. At least one side of the  motorhome was shaded by the trees. There was some concern about possums jumping from the trees onto our roof and coming in the hatches, but that did not happen thankfully. The view out the windows was pretty with avocados in various stages of growth hanging right there – begging to be picked.

Bruce had a lovely time playing with Maia (his grand daughter) looking for frogs, having swings and playing in the garden.

The weather was pretty hot though so a visit to the local swiming hole was an absolute must. It was not far up the road, and a bit of a scramble down the bank  to get to the beach beside the river, but the water was refreshingly cool. The dogs enjoyed the dip as well but the challenge with them was to stop them shaking over other people’s towels – the small beach was pretty well populated.

Nana and Grandad had the job of looking after Maia that night while Mum and Dad went out to dinner. She behaved beautifully (as expected).

Overall, a lovely visit, and the final time we will see them until we return in April, and by then there will be another little girl in the family – how exciting.