Patrick and Kari's Travels

I have not posted in a long time and I am very regretful of that. Kari and I have just recently arrived at our new accommodations in Otaki. We got here on Saturday night and have spent the last few days working and getting acquainted with our new surroundings.

Our trip down was nice and smooth but a little less exciting than we had hoped. There will be an update on exact events soon with pictures and all. The drive went well and was actually shorter than we had thought. When we made it to Mt. Taranaki, where we had a planned tramp around the mountain, we found out that it would actually be possible to summit and get a fantastic view of the area. Unfortunately rain moved in and we never made the trip up because there would have been no view at all because visibility was at about half a mile. We decided that since we are only 2 hours away here in Otaki that we would go when the weather cleared.

Our new place is very nice, it is a retreat center that also has a high and low ropes course set up on the property, along with several bunks and cabins for people staying in the retreat center. We are in one of the small bunks, named the Chicken Chalet. The cabin next to ours is the Rooster Chalet, but as the rooster lost his head yesterday (no neither of us had to do the dirty work) they may need to think of changing the name.

Patrick (and Kari at the end)