Happy New Year Happy New Year

No that's not a mistake - that's what happened on our way back to the States.

The shuttle picked us up at 4:15 am on New Years Day. We decided to not party that night, good move! Jenni had friends over but we retired early. Got some sleep and then started the trek. It was a pretty ride to the airport, lots of windy roads of course, but someone else driving! Arrived in Honolulu at 9 pm Dec 31, got our flight out at 11:40 pm and had New Year all over again. What a long drag though. 32 hours by the time we got home.

But our last few days in NZ were fun! We went to Speedway twice!

The days between Christmas and New Year are difficult - too many people around, though we did go to the beach several times and what a pleasure that is. Warm, white sands and although Richard and Shawn said, "It's so crowded," compared to SoCal beaches, there was no one there! The water was cold, though and being blamed on El Nino. Had the best ice-cream I have ever had - passionfruit or granadilla! mmmmm


We saw the sign for Speedway and decided it would be fun to take the family. And boy, was it ever! What an adrenalin rush! Those guys are nuts - sprint cars, saloons, stock cars and mini sprints with kids of 12 driving them! Glad I'm not their mother. It was so much fun, we decided to go again - and even Bryan and Zoze came. It was a real blast.

Anyway, coming in to Seattle was as expected - cold, grey, windy, wet, miserable. Time to move somewhere sunny and warm.

I'll be back at my old blog http://grayhairedlady.blogspot.com/

c'ya