Greetings again from the land down under. Where did we leave off? Oh yes, we left the Monteith's brewery and arrived in Abel Tasman National Park that night. It is located on the Northern tip of the South island. A land once inhabited by the Maoris, it was fought over many bloody battles with the Brits, became logging and mining land, and has since been turned into a national park by local conservationists. It is a large Northern point that forms a giant Northeast facing bay with many tiny bays. 
The beaches are considered secluded since the only way to access them is by foot. This is a half truth since there are water taxis that are constantly buzzing by and also those pesky kayakers! I took a day hike about two hours up the coast until I found a nice couch-shaped rock to park on. Soaked in the scene for a bit and headed back in. Very relaxing
The next day we drove toward Picton where the ferry terminal is located. We started playing a few friendly games of hearts while crossing the ferry to the North island. During a crucial point in one of the matches I accidentally dumped the queen of spades on mark when he was preventing Kevin from shooting the moon. We all felt really really bad about this so we let Mark win that game. We all made a concerted effort to let mark win the proceeding game by allowing him to shoot the moon three times in one game. Running hearts tally, Kevin: 568, Greg: 498, Mark: 493, Nick: 533, Me: 577. The game is over at 10,000 points.
We spent the night in Wellington. I spent today at Lake Taupo and remenisced about past times spent here with the family.
The beaches are considered secluded since the only way to access them is by foot. This is a half truth since there are water taxis that are constantly buzzing by and also those pesky kayakers! I took a day hike about two hours up the coast until I found a nice couch-shaped rock to park on. Soaked in the scene for a bit and headed back in. Very relaxing
The next day we drove toward Picton where the ferry terminal is located. We started playing a few friendly games of hearts while crossing the ferry to the North island. During a crucial point in one of the matches I accidentally dumped the queen of spades on mark when he was preventing Kevin from shooting the moon. We all felt really really bad about this so we let Mark win that game. We all made a concerted effort to let mark win the proceeding game by allowing him to shoot the moon three times in one game. Running hearts tally, Kevin: 568, Greg: 498, Mark: 493, Nick: 533, Me: 577. The game is over at 10,000 points.
We spent the night in Wellington. I spent today at Lake Taupo and remenisced about past times spent here with the family.I leave you all with a sight worthy of notice.
Cheers!!!-dc
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