Happy Birthday Dad
We survived the night in the worst motel imaginable. The place smelled, the floor was so warped that the bathroom door wouldn't even begin to close and there was truck traffic all night. At least all the noise cancelled any snoring sounds either of us made.
We were up at our usual 7:00 and were savoring our Via shortly thereafter. John had oatmeal and I dared to try a blueberry muffin at the motel cafe. I feel lucky that it was 90% cooked.
I received a call from Neil at the rental place in Greymouth at 9:00 telling me that the rims had arrived and were on their way to Springs Junction. Wow, at least an hour ahead of schedule. The rims were delivered about 10:30 and we were out of there by 11:30. We lost 24 hours of the trip and $1,000. Such is life.
Somewhere amidst all of the goings on with my little accident the rental agreement paperwork was lost so we decided to go a little out of our way today to the Apex office in Nelson to get it reprinted. While in Nelson we stopped at a local brewpub for a couple of beers. The Porter was excellent.
After that it was a pleasant two hour drive to Takaka. We checked into the motel (a beautiful place and only $8 more than last night) and then drove out to the airport to see where we catch our shuttle in the morning. We fueled up the car, did some last minute shopping and will be heading out to dinner soon.
Tomorrow starts the Heaphy Track; a five day, four night trip. I won't be posting again until the 20th or 21st.
You always seem to have a way to make your trips more interesting, Ed! Happy birthday! So glad you can celebrate it doing something you love so much. Let's hope the rest of your trip is a bit less eventful, car-wise and motel-wise!
ReplyDelete24 days til Palm Sunday! ;-)