We made it to Auckland again yesterday. Dave and Bryon competed in a yacht race, and it was beautiful to watch all of these sail boats (about 40) come by the wharf at Mission Bay. We spotted their boat and waved, but they were too busy and far away to see us on the shore. Dave was on the main sail and he was sore afterwards. Bryon described it as doing curls for about 6 hours non-stop. They had a great crew (8 of them), and came in second place overall. (Although Bryon did mention that there was that one mistake on the main that cost them about 4 seconds; ah well).Amy was incredibly busy, making about a dozen post-natal house calls, after spending 15 hours in the delivery room the day before, and looking forward to very busy day today as well. (Be sure to hug a midwife next time you see one).
So I took the three kids and we visited an awesome park (flying foxes rule!) and then we went to an amazing museum in Auckland. We saw a Maori long boat that was adzed out of a single log and carried up to 100 warriors at a time. We saw the ice axe that Hillary used when he climbed Mt Everest. We saw dinosaur skeletons, stuffed polar bears, Greek statues, guns, swords, armor, Elizabeth II's wedding dress, fish, cockroaches, rats, something to fascinate everybody. By far, Isaac and I spent the most time in the volcano exhibit. It was a very dramatic exhibit, and he was both terrified and fascinated, and this morning he was asking more questions about volcanoes, and is absolutely certain that he will never be a volcanologist. Aaah, it was great. We'll definitely have to go again.
Also, it my first time to ride the passenger ferry (I've only ridden the car ferry before), and it really is incredible, especially on the way home, as we had an incredible view of the Auckland City skyline at night. Cool as! (as they say here in NZ).
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