Friday, October 19, 2007

Hanging out in Rangitoto

Saturday October 20th 2007 we decide to visit a volcano. This volcano rose out of the ocean 600 years ago. We took a ferry from Devonport to the island. It takes about 2 hours to walk up to the top of the volcano. Now the place is covered with trees, ferns, moss and flowers. There are alot of volcano flows that you hike through (lava rock). Once you get up on top you can see Auckland, and all of the other islands in the area. SCROLL DOWN to New Zealand pictures on the left side of the blog and you can see a bunch of pictures of our little trip. On the way back to the main land we were visiting with some people from Denver and the boat started to pull away and we hadn't gotten off yet! They backed up the ferry for us and lowered the gang plank for us to get off. Crazy tourists! Why do people still honk at me when I drive? submit your answers to this site.

As you view the pictures you will see our wonderful accomodations on the plane. We each had our own little bed, movie screen, etc. You will also see a tour of our apartment. Its a three bedroom 2 bath place on the third floor. Our balcony looks over a nice swimming pool. The flowers came from a nice lady that had a birthday in our apartment and we are enjoying them while she is out of town.

Work is going well. Friday I called all the islands and spent some time getting to know the managers at the service centers. They are looking forward to us coming to the islands and working with them. Well, enjoy the pictures have a great week. We have enjoyed talking to you. We look forward to church on Sunday. cya :0)...cheers..Bob

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