Tauranga

We made it Tauranga! We had imagined the ride to take us about 4 hours from our last stop (Napier), but it ended up taking about 8 hours!! We took a windy, gravelly road through the mountains for about six hours.

We learned that "yellow" roads on the map = gravel, but we also learned that gravel roads = breathtaking beauty! The drive provided us with scenic views of water, mountains and fields of green. Here was Dave's take on the ride yesterday:

Who knew that we would wake up today and drive through the mountains while dodging wild black stallions, falling rocks and wandering sheep?

Dave, Mark and Nadine expertly guided us through the mountains driving a manual right-hand-drive vehicle. One of our vehicles almost ran out of gas, and the other one almost had a flat tire.

We made it out... OK. I will write more later - the group is now ready to head out for the day. tonight, we're going to a rugby game!

Love you,
kendra & crew