Monday, August 30, 2010

Settling in, in Whakatane.

This is Blue. I'll be staying with him for the whole of my stay. As you can see he's a meat and potatoes kind of guy, OK by me. He works in forestry doing odds and ends. He has two kids, Emma 12, and Hunter 8 that live here every other week. Pictures of them to come. They are very energetic and love to jump on the trampoline. Pictures of them to come.   
These are Blues two Black labs Missy on the left and her energetic daughter Maggie on the right. The only time I have ever seen her without that soccer ball is when I have thrown it for her.
I bought a new bike today called a "black thunder". It only cost me about $350US. I rode it to the top of a hill next to town and back down. About an hour later I rode it to the beach with a surfboard strapped to me. I surprised myself when I actually stood up on the first wave tried to catch, but the next one confirmed Kristens prediction that I would eat it. I got churned but as they say down here, no worries.

4 comments:

  1. Wow Thor you're jumping right in down under there! Sounds like you're set. Just remember to clean up after yourself! HA! ;-)

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  2. It's was great skyping with you last night! It's amazing how clear and well that works. And you're welcome for the camera too btw. Hope your biking adventure goes well. Be careful! Keep in touch.

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  3. so.. I'm assuming from the first paragraph that I should anticipate both pictures of the kids AND pictures of the kids on the trampoline?

    I certainly hope this is the case.

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  4. Ok so Thor I think it's time for another blog post. You've had plenty of time to finish your bike trip and not only do we want to hear about it we want to know that you made it back safe and sound!

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