The Reynoldz

Well after Christmas, we headed down to the South Island to do some camping. These islands are bigger than you think. We concentrated out camping on just the teeny tiny northern tip of it. Mostly around Abel Tasman National Park. Looking on a map, it looks like we didn't make it very far from Wellington, but it is a different world. Because Wellington is on the south west point of the North Island, and Abel Tasman is on the north east point of the South Island. And it really makes a difference which side of an island you are on in the Pacific Ocean. While Wellington stayed pretty miserable for the whole time off, we enjoyed what is considered the sunniest part of New Zealand.


Here we are enjoying all our new camping stuff. New tent, hammock, stove, lamp, etc. etc. I believe Athea is napping in the tent in this picture which explains the calm serenity of the scene. We camped for seven days, broken up by four days of hotel.








Here is another picture of this rock. We did a nice long hike to get to this beach. The following picture of Haidyn overlooking the sheep pastures is part of the trail to this beach. This is a beach just west of the Farewell Spit which is at the very very northern point of the South Island. Oh, our girls do love to run around in the sand.











Jumping back to Christmas stuff, here is Athea with her new electric piano. Now I love Anna and all, but even she is starting to wonder where her head was when she bought this thing. It makes horrendous sounds. So, of course, Athea loves it and has a complete fit if anyone else touches the buttons, or tries to turn it off. It has six or so buttons which play whole songs. Hideous songs. Anna watched Athea one afternoon, mashing all the buttons together, and softly muttering "come on music, come on music..."

...need...to....get....real....piano......