Donnelle (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} jexia) wrote,@ 2008-03-24 21:52:00 |
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Our trip was fantastic. Because of the traffic we didn't leave until 8. We stopped at Wendy's for dinner. Xander reduced us (and a nearby Wendy's employee) to fits of giggles. He had a little pottle of tomato sauce. He was happily dipping his chips, but he obviously decided that it had its deficiencies as a sauce transportation method. Attempt number one involved trying to drink from the pottle, and ended in big gobs of sauce down his shirt. Attempt number two, he... well...
It was a significant squish fitting us all in the car, but we managed. We arrived at Mum's around 12:30. X woke up bright and early (*groan*) but we pointed him at the bedroom door and said "Find Nana" and went back to sleep.
We were so lucky with the weather. It was just fantastic. Couldn't ask for better. H and A tagged along on one of Jock's tours and came back beaming. I got to tag along the next day and got to see bits of Pouto I hadn't seen before. (I also got to sweep a lighthouse-- how many people have done that?!)
Lots of swimming, lots of walks, lots of games of Settlers, lots of beer and lots of good company. What a marvellous break.
M dug this huge hole. Next day-- gone without a trace. The tides were really high (full moon). At one stage we went for a swim. Normally X would potter around on the beach with his toys and occasionally come out for a swim with us, but we spent so much time rescuing his toys as they got washed away eventually we tried to make a sand corral for them. And failed. Waves: 1, Us: 0.
A stitched-together landscape shot
The swimming bay again (we got married on this beach)
Swimming bay
From the cliffs
H has some nice shots too; I'll try to get copies of them.
I kept wishingzebraartist could have been there. I would love to see what she did with Pouto, compared to my pitiful attempts at photography. I love to see how she sees the world.
It was a significant squish fitting us all in the car, but we managed. We arrived at Mum's around 12:30. X woke up bright and early (*groan*) but we pointed him at the bedroom door and said "Find Nana" and went back to sleep.
We were so lucky with the weather. It was just fantastic. Couldn't ask for better. H and A tagged along on one of Jock's tours and came back beaming. I got to tag along the next day and got to see bits of Pouto I hadn't seen before. (I also got to sweep a lighthouse-- how many people have done that?!)
Lots of swimming, lots of walks, lots of games of Settlers, lots of beer and lots of good company. What a marvellous break.
M dug this huge hole. Next day-- gone without a trace. The tides were really high (full moon). At one stage we went for a swim. Normally X would potter around on the beach with his toys and occasionally come out for a swim with us, but we spent so much time rescuing his toys as they got washed away eventually we tried to make a sand corral for them. And failed. Waves: 1, Us: 0.
A stitched-together landscape shot
The swimming bay again (we got married on this beach)
Swimming bay
From the cliffs
H has some nice shots too; I'll try to get copies of them.
I kept wishing
zebraartist could have been there. I would love to see what she did with Pouto, compared to my pitiful attempts at photography. I love to see how she sees the world.
