If you were on a deserted island... what five books would you bring?
Kate and I have officially made it to the South Island after a brief pit stop in Wellington. It was an interesting city, which we enjoyed a lot more during the day with a map then we did the night we got there and walked around lost for an hour.
On Tuesday we made the trip to the South island through Picton, the Gateway to the South Island. We arrived a little late due to less than ideal channel crossing conditions - read: Gale force winds.
But we made it in plenty of time to catch the mail boat to our new host.
There aren't many people other than us on the island. Our family has 3 kids under the age of 10, currently on school holiday. They are basically home schooled - attending "correspondence school" from the school room next to the house.
Next week, Kate and I will play teacher, but today we played babysitter. (We did farm work yesterday). The fun part was going for a walk around the island. Our destination: the old whaling station. Not much was left of the station, aside from a platform. But there were plenty of signs detailing the history, and Jacob made up a fun game to display our acrobatic skills.
After the whaling station we spent a relaxing morning combing the small beach for treasure. I found more than my fair share of sea glass, though most of it is brown, and a good number of beautiful rocks... which I will use to weigh down my bag until I realize that toting them around is pointless.
Overall, an enjoyable day in our island paradise... although Kate and I are a little sore from about 50 too many piggy back rides and races.
Kate and I have officially made it to the South Island after a brief pit stop in Wellington. It was an interesting city, which we enjoyed a lot more during the day with a map then we did the night we got there and walked around lost for an hour.
On Tuesday we made the trip to the South island through Picton, the Gateway to the South Island. We arrived a little late due to less than ideal channel crossing conditions - read: Gale force winds.
But we made it in plenty of time to catch the mail boat to our new host.There aren't many people other than us on the island. Our family has 3 kids under the age of 10, currently on school holiday. They are basically home schooled - attending "correspondence school" from the school room next to the house.
Next week, Kate and I will play teacher, but today we played babysitter. (We did farm work yesterday). The fun part was going for a walk around the island. Our destination: the old whaling station. Not much was left of the station, aside from a platform. But there were plenty of signs detailing the history, and Jacob made up a fun game to display our acrobatic skills.
After the whaling station we spent a relaxing morning combing the small beach for treasure. I found more than my fair share of sea glass, though most of it is brown, and a good number of beautiful rocks... which I will use to weigh down my bag until I realize that toting them around is pointless.
Overall, an enjoyable day in our island paradise... although Kate and I are a little sore from about 50 too many piggy back rides and races.
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