Safe and Sound

With it raining on and off all night I was somewhat concerned 😟 about getting stuck on the wet grass when it came time to leave. We could happily 😊 have stayed on for another day but with very heavy rain 🌧 forecasted, the next concern was sinking into the ground. So, as soon as we were showered I carefully moved the van without spinning the wheels. It was not a time to be heavy footed! We then parked on the POP's driveway, thanked the Lord and had breakfast. By this time the heavens had really opened up and so we set off praying 🙏 continuously for a safe journey.
The Auckland motorway was very heavy with traffic weaving in and out oblivious to the wet and dangerous 😳 conditions. Our destination was Orewa and it couldn't come quick enough!
We stopped on the northern motorway BP station for a coffee ☕️ and refreshments. I had a Thai red curry vegetarian pie and it was delicious 😋. The Tour guide had a scroll of some sort but I definitely preferred my choice!!
We are camped up safe, secure, and warm at Linda & Roger's new home in Orewa. Power provided, and all amenities at our disposal. Thanks very much to you both.
Had some fun trying to reverse into their driveway as the road while narrow was further constricted by workers cars parked in the street as we are only a couple of minutes from the shopping centre. Then to further complicate the situation, the bike carrier scraped on the road when trying to get over the footpath/vehicle access. So the bikes had to be taken off while parking on the street to lighten the load. Finally we got to where we needed to be as the photo shows.
Linda & Roger have a lovely new home and I can see why they can't wait to move into it. ❤️ Apart from catching up with them both, nothing really exciting happened today except for the most part keeping dry.Read more