What an amazing weekend. It had huge highs, but it also had some low, slightly worrying moments. But that's what makes life so exciting, right?
Friday night I left work and rode up to Aidan and Josh's house to look after all three boys while Aidan got back from work and Mike picked up Burger Wisconsin for everyone. It worked out well. Any night where I don't need to cook is a great night. Aidan and I organised plans for the bike ride to Pencarrow lighthouse the next morning and then we left them to it for the night. Well, quite late (9.30pm - I was so sleepy).
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| Aidan before breakfast at Chocolate Dayz |
I made breakfast for the boys and waited for Aidan to arrive after her exercise class. She'd also held off eating breakfast so we were both famished. I had both bikes already on the car and ready for her arrival. Said goodbye to my boys, and her boys settled in for the day. Mike had a massive list of tasks to do (and got through a lot of them - good on him!). Then we were off. First stop - breakfast at Days Bay. Yummy it was too. I washed it down with an iced coffee.
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| I give it a solid 8. Quite good. |
Then we drove to the end of the road and unpacked the bikes and headed off. Aidan used Toby's bike and it worked well for her, once we adjusted the seat height. Large knobbly tyres made the ride much easier for her. We had a good system at gates too - Aidan would go over, and I'd lift each bike over to her. Aidan got a bit miffed with some young fellow who asked us twice if we needed help at one gate. I think Aidan would have lifted 10 bikes over at that point, just to prove the point. I thought he was lovely asking again. But, we didn't need him.
The Eggs Benedict worked wonders and we only stopped for a bit of chocolate once. Drank plenty of water though. The weather was lovely - Aidan wore a t-shirt. That is a good indication of the warmth in that sun and the absence of any wind of note.
We rode past the lighthouse to some lakes behind. I'd never been there before and enjoyed the swans with cygnets and a heron fishing.
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| Aidan enjoying the view |
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| The feet look good! |
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| Are you sure there's a lighthouse behind me? |
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| And Aidan asked someone to take one too |
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| The timer worked great to let us take photos of ourselves |
We left the car park and drove past one of Aidan's favourite second hand clothing stores so we stopped so she could check it out. Nothing grabbed her attention much this time. Back home and relieved Mike of boy duties and Aidan took hers home.
Sunday night was dinner at our place and so during the day I went grocery shopping and bumped into Aidan shopping for the dessert. Mmmmmm. Went back home and cooked tea and then relaxed until Aidan turned up. Mike took Aidan through his photos of Nepal and they had a long chat before I put dinner on.
But at about 5.30pm Aidan got a call that Josh's tramping party had pulled their emergency beacon. We knew nothing else for the rest of the night. The Masterton police asked Aidan about texts she had received from the party (last one was the previous morning at 11.20am).
This was the start of a long wait for Aidan to find out what had happened to Josh and his companions. She did remarkably well. Duncan and Emerson stayed the night at our place (that was the plan all along) and the next morning I took them to H20Xtream. Got back home for home-made pizzas and then Aidan called with word that Josh was fine and evacuated out to Masterton. So she drove over to collect him.
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| Selfie time - I see Duncan peeking over the seat too |
We all went to see James Cameron's Deepsea Challenger movie in 3D playing at the Embassy. It was the most amazing movie! We all loved it. Then there was a Skype session with James Cameron after it projected onto the big screen. Emerson and Duncan jumped up and asked him a question. Emerson was the first in the queue!
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| James Cameron on the big screen |
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| Kaka visitor |
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| Toby at the formal dinner |
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| He looks gorgeous |
We dropped the boys back home and caught up with Josh, to see he was all in one piece for ourselves. Thank goodness he was fine - and he said he'll talk to the tramping club about his experience. It is why he prepares as well as he does - for circumstances just like that! Good on him.
Mike sprayed weed killer when he got home and a kaka came down to the deck to watch him carefully. I was standing watching Mike too and got some awesome photos of the curious wee thing.
And I have added some photos of Toby from the other night. Turns out I have sorted out my phone and the photos and now available to my blog once more. Yay!
Have a wonderful week. Mike and I are off to Queenstown this weekend with a work function. Woot! Haven't been there for years.
Love,
Angela
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