Camping on hold.

It's now May and we are back in the south island getting ready for duck shooting and hunting for ten days or so.  It's been a couple of very frustrating months for both Jocelyn and I.  We never did make it up to the coromandel. This leg of mine has taken a long time to come right and I haven't been able to get out and about like I normally do.  The worst restriction has been not being able to get in the water until the wound heals.  So swimming and snorkelling is out.

 IT has now all but healed although I still have to have it covered. So we are going to be around the central south island for a couple of weeks then we head south to Invercargill to see Joel and Julie and to go to the Bluff  oyster festival.  We will then head back to Oxford and help Rod shift to Kaikoura.

We have left the rig up north for this trip as we are only going to be down here a month.

In the last couple of months Jocelyn and I have been well looked after .  First at Heidi and Pauls at Papamoa.  We parked the rig on their driveway and spent some very enjoyable days there.   It's always fun to spend time with little Luca who is so happy and cheerful.   Heidi and Paul made us feel very welcome but after about 2 weeks we moved up to Ken and Vicki's up Mclaren Falls.  The rig has been pretty stationary for the last month but we did manage to go away for 3 days, if you can call going to Omokoroa away.  It was quite funny when fellow campers asked us where we were from and we said actually we are from here.  We camped down at the domain in the boat trailer park.  You are allowed to stay 3 nights there.  It is a very nice spot down there and would be great for the kayaks.  Especially as the weather was just perfect.  Getting up at day break looking out into the harbour the water was like glass with clear skies and no wind. Also it was a great opportunity to catch up with our neighbours and friends around Omokoroa.

We also managed to do a bit of maintenance on the section with hedge and tree trimming to keep the tenants happy.  Everything seems to be going well with the tenants.

So hopefully with a bit of hunting and shooting and a bit of travelling, this month I will have a bit more to write about.