Muna's Mat

This is not Muna. This is Jess, the dog, & Tojo the cat. They are both like their owner. Quiet, gentle & really anxious to please & make you feel comfortable. Its the third time we have stayed with Muna & her husband Tony & we have enjoyed ourselves immensely every time. There is a warm coziness about staying there. Don't expect any photo's of Muna, because she is notoriously camera shy.

We had some stuff to drop off at a friend's Mum's place & Tony insisted on taking us. It was great being able to sit back & enjoy the ride for a change. After we had finished he took us sight seeing in Napier, culminating in a stop at the top of Bluff Hill. These pics are the view from there.












Pretty neat huh ? The view pretty much runs from Mahia peninsula in the North to the container wharf in the middle to Cape Kidnappers in the South. Tony took us to see a heap of other stuff too but this was certainly the most breath taking bit.

After a couple of days we bid a sad farewell to these wonderful folk & headed home. We were intending to do the trip over a road called The Gentle Annie, but were advised against it as there had been snow down to 700 meters overnight, so we elected to do the Napier Taupo Highway. There had been snow there too, but as it is a main road, they had sanded it so it wasn't a problem. There was still snow at the summit, so we stopped & had a snowball fight just because we could












Sometimes you just gotta let the child within loose & roll with the flow. Its good for you. We stopped for a sorta brunchy lunchy sort of meal at Stag Park Truck Stop. Someone had a really good idea there. A one stop truck stop where you can wash, fix, fuel,unload your truck & change drivers if you need to plus have a damn good feed as well. Big meals for big appetites & reasonable prices. We always stop there for a meal if we are passing through.

From there it was onwards & upwards through Rotorua & Te Puke back to Tauranga & Morty's place for our final night away. We also picked up our puter which Morty had upgraded. Its now running a hard drive of approximately 4 times what it used to have with the old drive as a cache for DVD burning. About all thats left in the box of the original computer now is the motherboard. Its running slicker than a bucket of greased weasel wotsit now.

So thats us home again. a heartfelt thanks to all who made us feel so welcome & comfortable. We both appreciate it more than you know. Well, thats us for a while. In just over a week we have my son & his wife & our darling little grand daughter, Anna coming to stay with us for a few days, so expect to be bored stupid with lots of grand daughter anecdotes & pictures.. catch ya later