Jim – A week ago Sunday our local Kiwi friends, Roger and Jenny, took us to the Kauri Museum in Matakohe. We discovered the mighty Kauri Tree, its timer, gum, and fascinating exhibits and old photos. The trees were as old and big a diameter as our Redwood trees but the wood is a much […]

After about week of being at Marsden Cove Marina, Whangarei, New Zealand, Swirl, my first crew to arrive , and I are having a snack of cheese, crackers, salami, and olives before our dinner of Pesto on fresh Pasta and zucchini. The weather has been inthe 70′s until this low pressure began passing by the […]