We went to Taupo at the weekend, where we checked out 4 camping grounds. Now we have to decide which one to choose. We think we will be going there about mid September. We are just waiting on Swaps to give us a date.
While we were there, we visited Eddie's niece's nice new house. It's a lovely sunny home with views out to Taupo township and the lake on one side and the country side the other. It is right up on top of a ridge. Anita said it can get quite windy too and she feels like they are going to get blown away. Her sister, Brenda and partner, Riley came up as well. We haven't seen them for a while, so it was a lovely catch up on all the family doings.
When Anita took her daughters to riding lessons, we went to our accommodation for the night. We stayed at De Brett's. We had a studio unit, which was very comfortable. We had dinner at the hotel next door. I had a duck leg and Eddie had steak. For dessert we had an apple tart with walnut ice cream and salted caramel. It was all very nice and satisfying. Our breakfast in the morning was free as part of our accommodation deal. It was huge and we were full for the rest of the day.
The view from our unit.
On Tuesday, when I was putting the groceries away, I found a puddle of raspberry juice in the freezer. It would seem that our refrigerator/ freezer has died. I bought a thermometer yesterday and the freezer is at 4 degree's and the fridge is at 10. Mmmmm. Not good. Luckily I had room in the little freezer we have to put things into and Eddie's beer fridge has been called into service. The freezer has become the fridge and the fridge has become a slightly cool cupboard. Eddie ordered a new one last night, so we will just have to manage until it arrives. It is solar only , so with our new system functioning well, it should be all ok. The old one is 13 years old, so suppose it has done good service. we think everything in our caravan is done now. At least we hope so!
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