New Decisions; New Vehicle; New Boots

We have been thinking about a change of caravan for a while (which has been quite painful). We love the 5th wheeler, but it is hard to park and some places we would like to go too are too small for us. So we have decided to put the set up we have on the market and get a 8 or 9 metre caravan with a full awning, so we will have that space to use. Hopefully it won't take too long to sell.

Elvira is way to small to tow a caravan, so she has had to go. We went to Auckland on Wednesday to purchase a new vehicle and sell Elvira.

The rain was absolutely pouring down all the way there and all the way home. We could hardly see the lane markers on the motorway, because of the water lying on the road. On the way, we got a puncture, so Eddie had to change the tyre in the rain. He had a raincoat, but we didn't take the umbrella. We stopped at Whangrei to get it mended and, of course, we needed a new tyre didn't we. Sigh. Never to mind. Onward and upward.

We have bought a 2005 Jeep Cherokee. It has a Mercedes Benz diesel motor and is very economical. We filled it up at Wellsford and the computer said we could go 610 miles before it would be empty. Which is 976 ks. Rather impressive we thought.

It doesn't have a name yet. Any suggestions?

Eddie has got a part time job, which he is starting next week. He is going to be piloting over size trucks for a man he has known for a while now. The business is boat transporting. ( I can hear you laughing). Luckily they all belong to someone and aren't on sale!! He will be away for some nights, but is isn't every day. We hope no more than 30 hours a week.

It is muddy here at Waitangi and we can't find my gumboots anywhere. They must have been left behind somewhere. So now I have new ones. Pretty flash.

This morning we walked into Paihia and had morning tea. It's tough but someone has to do it.

view of the bay

There are lots of quail running around the camp. They are very cute and rather chubby too. No we haven't caught one to eat. I took the photos out of the window. As you can see, it is a big flock. This is only half of them.