Day: July 9, 2013

Plimmerton

Kiwi food gets a little old after a while, specifically after about a week. Everything is some kind of bread pie. Today it was spinach and feta stuffed inside a sort of doughy roll. Yesterday, leek and chicken in a crust. Tonight, pizza. If I keep eating like this I’m going to turn into a dumpling myself. Today was my day of driving. Just south of where we began in Turangi, on the Desert Road […]

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Social Butterfly

I forgot to tell you about a lesson that we learned yesterday: always top off your tank once it gets to half-full. We had a close call, with the gauge suddenly plummeting from a quarter-tank to empty when we were miles from civilization. All turned out well, but I was anxious. Who would have thought I’d have fun last night. We got to this B&B around 6:00 and I thought, “What am I going to […]

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