Day 5, A Rainy Drive

B&B Near Em's School
Originally uploaded by fjaquish

Hey all, this is the B&B we stayed at about 3 kilometers from Emily's school (EcoQuest). We picked Emily up about 9AM after a nice breakfast with our hosts and got underway headed south about 10AM. We did not really have a plan. We were going to stop in Lake Taupo to see some hot springs but it was just pouring so we kept driving, although we stopped at Huka Falls. We are now in Paraparaumu which is about 50 K from Wellington where the Ferry goes to the South Island. We drove about 8 hours today, but since the rain never let up, there was not much else we could do. Our only disappointment was that we could not see Mt Doom when we drove by (Lord of the Rings), it was socked in. We also stopped in Hobbit town, but it was a tourist trap so we passed on that.