We just got home this evening from Whakapapa after 3 days skiing with Nick and Sara. We were actually away for 5 days but 2 of them were travelling - it takes about 8-9 hours to get there from here but the drive was nice, if long!
On Saturday when we got up it was a little cloudy and there was some drizzle, but when we got up the mountain it was just cloudy and it cleared up in the afternoon. It was amazing, but my ski boots were not!
On Sunday there was not a cloud in the sky and the same again on Monday.this is the view from the hotel window



not very busy!

Having a coffee on the shore of Lake Taupo on the way home.

Today, the Bay was stunning.
We went out on Rubber Duck and N&S Wakeboarded and skied - the water was like glass and beautiful. The sun was shining and we were lucky to be here.After skiing we went to Russell and had hot chocolate and toasties, then off for a wee blast around the bay again. We headed down to Opua to see the SS Canterbury which is going to be sunk soon in Deep Water cove to make a reef for divers, which should be interesting. I'm not a great fan of wreck diving, but think I'll probably do it if it's there.

Then home again to let the dogs out!

We spent the night making a video of the day's skiing then bed - tired as!

Water skiing
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Hopefully we're going to do it all again tomorrow :O)