Team 8 Taylor: 3rd DAY in the books!

Pulling out of our driveway in PA!

DULLES!

Today, today, today.

Wow, day 3 is coming to a close. I can hardly believe it! We are now in the Coromandel at a BEAUTIFUL secluded little beach house, literally right on the beach. Its incredible. We started out our day packing up our Thames home,(took forever) and then driving up the coast line. We stopped to get a MUCH needed cup of coffee and right across the road, on the beach side, was a great park with incredible HUGE trees. Draping vines and moss like stuff hung on them, they were mesmerizing. Bryce run into folks from his childhood church while getting coffee! Nuts!

So, back to driving up the coast. I said to Bryce as we were driving, I can now look at the map of NZ and say, YUP, i touched that wholeeeee rim up and around, lol, we were hugging the coast as we drove. NZ had a big storm up in these parts just a few weeks ago, and the edges of the road, for miles, were caving in on the edges, literally were washed away! IT was hair pin turn, after hair pin turn, over and over again for most of the 1.5hr car ride. (The boys enjoyed chanting for Bryce to GO FAST every time they saw a 100kph speed limit sign) We stopped in Coromandel town where the SUN came out, and our necks got burned!!! We ate lunch (meat and cheese pies and lime and strawberry primo milk) outside of a little bake shop, got some groceries, postcards, and continued up the coast! When we arrived we could hardly contain our beach crave and made it there asap. IT.WAS.HEAVEN. All the boys are loving it, and Levi is surviving life without Franks Hot Sauce! Its a miracle!! Bryce had lamb and carrot cake to celebrate his birthday, and I discovered fb live streaming, its been a gooooood day.

Now, here are a BUNCH of photos to catch you up! (Most photos are from the beginning of our trip just up to our Thames visit. More photos to come of the Coromandel tomorrow!)

Its GOOD to have wifi!

-Christina