Two long weekends and a holiday in between

Well we decided to take advantage of the two long weekends so Dean took the four days off in between. So off we went and headed back to Te Kaha for the week. After the rain during the previous week the creek had risen, luckily Dad was there the day before we arrived to shovel all the silt away so we could get through. It meant that there were some great new swimming spots a bit deeper than at Christmas. The blackberries were out yum yum, and the snapper were biting in abundance yum yum yum!! On Sunday Dean went to Te Teko to play golf and go to the races with his Uni mate Tiaki. We had a few days during the week to ourselves where we had the luxury of taking over mum and dads caravan, which was good timing as it rained all day on Wednesday. Thursday we went for a walk to the Whanarua Falls and then down to the bay for a swim. Dean walked around the rocks and got us a few paua and kina. Friday a few more of the whanau turned up to do a bit more work around the place.