Summer Roadtrip

I took a long holiday after Xmas which involved nearly two weeks of road-tripping around the North Island with some of my oldest friends. The six of us bought an old van a couple of months ago especially for the trip, crossed our fingers that it wasn't going to break down, and worked out where we all wanted to go.

We spent a few nights camping in the Coromandel, went to Waihi Beach for New Year's to see Gin Whigmore & Dave Dobbyn perform, and ended up in Mount Maunganui for a couple of nights before heading back down south.

Feathers in My Cap

• Spending time with some of my favourite people
• Lots of great summer weather
• Chocolate ice cream in a waffle cone
• Lounging on the beach for a whole day
• Making elaborate meals with minimal cooking equipment (and discovering that French toast works well on the barbeque)
• The van not breaking down at all!

Black Eyes

• Waking up to a minor ant infestation our first night camping
• Thinking that the tent was going to blow away on a couple of windy nights (everything was fine though!)
• Slow holiday traffic on the way home