Arrived Safe and Sound

Twenty four weary hours after beginning our travelling adventures, we finally arrived in Auckland. The flight in was foggy but luckily enough the pilot didn't tell us the plane was on auto-land until after we had touched down. We were able to track our progess through the night on a TV screen in the seat back in front of us. Austin informed us that during our flight, he saw that we flew over the moon!

When we landed, we got our rental car... a nice Nissan station wagon (92,000 miles on the odometer) with a distinct smokey smell. The rental lady informed me that we should return it with as much fuel as was in it. I informed her that should not be a problem since it was barely above empty.

As for driving on these roads... It has been a challenge driving on the wrong side of the road. Luckily, though, I have Cheryl in the passenger seat informing at every intersection to stay to the left. Another odd thing with the car is that the turn signal is on the wrong side of the steering column. Consequently, every time we turn, I turn on the windshield wipers.

The weather has been good. We have been enjoy tremendous cooking from Rosalie... Leg of Lamb, Homemade pickles, Ciabatta Bread, Apple Pie, etc. Everything is made from scratch and any suggestion that it is otherwise is considered an insult.

Dewar and I inspected his garage to view his cars include a beautiful hard top Yellow MGB GT (with a V8.) We then looked at several photo albums from his race days... including some pics of when he worked with Mario Andretti at Indy.

Austin and Hayley have been getting along fairly well. We have walked down to the Marina and Beach a couple of times to keep them occupied. Last night, they were extremely tired and went to bed without any complaints.

We are getting ready to eat lunch and depart on an adventure into Auckland. Currently, my cell phone is not picking up emails. However, we can log into our home account.