A long drive

It was a long drive, but we knew that. We left close to the time we had planned, and that is a rare thing for us. Checked that the garden watering system had worked - packed the car and off.
We were a bit surprised to find it was raining and it did pretty much all the way until half way to Taupo. But it was clear there, but cold. Stopped for lunch at the Storehouse as our usual Replite were "having the day off" according to the sign on their door.
The motorway to Auckland was pretty easy and straight through and it got to 25 and some sun, but rain again in Auckland.
I don't need to tell you that it was slow through the city motorway at 5:00.
We did have some fun on the way as per the Boys Get Paid with Nick keeping us up to date on their bets at Riccarton - and what a great days punting with a cool collect of $330,000 in the big race of the day.
Penny and Mark were very welcoming and it was so good to see them in their home - its been a while. A beer and a few glasses of red wine and we are starting to feel a bit wery. Early to bed tonight.Les mer