It is Father's Day in the US/Canada, but not in New Zealand (they have theirs in September). We get to celebrate both! Alexander got me a book on Lord of the Rings locations, which matched perfectly with our hobbit hole.
Ilona and Karin spent the morning "black water rafting". This involves dressing in wetsuits, sticking your butt in an inner tube, jumping blindly into ice cold water, and floating down underground rivers, hoping your flashlight (on your helmet) doesn't go out. It also involves hiking (with inner tube), waterfall jumping (with inner tube) and marshmallow eating (with inner tube). It was a blast! More glowworms, caverns, and cold water than you can imagine.
Mike and Alexander, on the other hand, took a Father's Day hike. Beautiful walk up a hill, through a field (covered with animal droppings (cow?) like much of New Zealand), to a vista overlooking the region. Alexander talked an awful lot about monsters, but luckily Mickey joined us on the hike to protect us. We then had some slide and swing time before picking up the adventurers.
After all that excitement, it was time to head back. Three hours drive, a 45 minute ferry ride, and a short drive and we were back home in time for a spectacular sunset. |
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