Taupo Wellington

We drove from Taupo to Wellington today, about five hours.  We a mountain where Beth had seena hike in the brochure. It was 19k, 8-9 hours, we had decided not to do it because it was too far to drive and get back to,Taupo.  It might have been a little tough for us look carefully at the photo, the hike apparently went over the top.  

After that we continued to

Wellington.  The topography has flattened out, lots of very large farming equipment on the roads and lots of sheep and cattle grazing.  nZ exports a lot of dairy products as they are constantly updating the milk and cheese prices on the radio.  We arrived inWeelington, too bad we're not here longer, very different city.  Our luck with rooms has finally run out.  Last nights room was a big as my two car garage with a separate bedroom and large bathroom.  Tonight's room is about nine by ten feet, we are having a hard time getting our luggage in the room and keeping a path to the loo.  Tomorrow we are on the ferry to the South Island,final leg our trip.  It's coming to an end too soon.  Hopefully the snow will start to melt.   L