This was one of my
favorite days. Everywhere we went was absolutely gorgeous!!
We started our day
driving north to ninety mile beach.
Ninety mile beach isn’t actually ninety
miles. . .but it’s close to 90 kilometers. It’s a registered highway that cars
drive along to go further (farther?) north. Although it was overcast, the beach
was beautiful and we even saw a couple of penguins! Crazy. I didn’t even know
they lived here.
Then we ran into a spot
of trouble with our van getting stuck in the sand. It only took twenty girls, one bus driver, two strangers, five planks of wood, and 45 minutes of work to get it out :)
The highway can take you
to the sand dunes where we stopped for lunch and went sand surfing. It may not look it, but the dunes were reaaally steep and I had cramped calves by the time I got to the top. Just another sharp reminder I am not in shape . . but that's alright, all the ice cream has been soo worth it :)
To end our day we drove
up to the northern most point of New Zealand – Cape Reinga. This is one of the
prettiest places I have ever been.
At the cape, the Pacific Ocean meets the
Tasman Sea. The two bodies of water are different colors so you can see right
where they meet as the waves crash together.
From that point, Los Angeles is only 10,479 miles away. So far from home!! But I'm coming home in only 9 days! unbelievable.
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