"Tip Toe,Through the Cow Pats..."
The Adventures of the Good Ship Equinox
Cate and Chris Galloway
Fri 7 May 2010 07:04
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Hi All,
Still in Islington Bay where we will most likely
remain until Wednesday, courtesy of a series of ridges which are passing through
creating strong to gale force north easterlies over the weekend and into next
week. Fortunately the bay here is the perfect shelter and there is plenty
of grey, sticky mud to hold our nice new anchor to the
seabed.
The walks here are very good as well. This
afternoon we tok a short exporatory walk across the causeway to Motutapu Island
which is a working farm in addition to being a conservation area. This means
that the walking tracks are live cow paddocks, requiring a measure f
concentration to avoid stepping into a cow pat (of which there are
many).
Tomorrow. weather permitting, we will make the
assault on the summit of Rangitoto Island, the dormant (rather than extinct)
volcano which dominates the Hauraki Gulf.
All are well and the kids are cracking on with
school. We have intorduced the jelly-bean discipline program; every day the
girls start with 10 jelly beans, and for every behavioural transgression or
failure to focus on a given task, either Cate or I eat one. Working well so far,
especially when random "bonus beans" are awarded!
planning for the South Island adventure is
proceeding apace - at this stage we will spend most of July and August touring
the South Island - if anyne has any good ideas about places to visit, let us
know.
Anyhoo, dinner beckons, so
TTFN.
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