WEDNESDAY - We continued our work in the vineyards with a loooooong day. I'm really glad my nice wife convinced me to bring along my full brim "Seattle Sombrero" hat as the sun was beating down. I can tell clearly due to the amazing sun fading effects on my Navy "I'm very excited to be here" shirt (now my work shirt).
THURSDAY - Another hot one in the vineyard but we were saved by completing our work by lunchtime when we went for a swim in the nearby river. Ah, that was rewarding!
FRIDAY - Hmmmm. no work in the vineyard. John, our boss, was kind enough to give us a few hours work in cleaning the company work vans. Janwyn was so excited to do some real vacuuming, that we unfortunately burned through the motor in the vacuum! (vacuuming three work vans in the 35 degree weather will do that, I suppose.)
Later that night, we met up with new Californian friends Diana and Austin, who ended up in New Zealand via sailing from Baja Mexico. (Wow). Later, we ran into other fast friends from the fields, Loreto and Juan from Chile. We indulged in a few Speights and ended up talking until two in the morning. For the record, Corey's Speight's limit should be around 6-7.
SATURDAY - We took a leisurely day driving down to Kaikoura. We stayed at Bad Jelly Backpackers. Bad Jelly is a cartoon witch. Who knew?
SUNDAY - Got ourselves up early to catch the 7:15 Whalewatch Boat out of Kaikoura. We were successful in seeing three Sperm Whales as they surfaced for air. Corey was successful in keeping his breakfast down despite the four foot swells. Janwyn was successful in a few very nice pictures of whale tails.
MONDAY - No work again, but that's OK. We didn't come to New Zealand to walk rows of vines anyway. We're going to take a picnic lunch and head to Okiwi Bay and French Pass to watch the currents sweep through. It's a very nice day for it, at around 24 degrees, partly sunny!
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