The Drive to Hawke's Bay

We set out Saturday morning for Hawke's Bay!  The 6 hour drive was well worth it once we arrived at 35 River Road.  35 River Road is a delightful holiday bach (pronounced batch) just outside of Havelock North.  The house was beautifully designed and decorated and backed up to a vineyard with sheep grazing among the vines.  Upon arrival, we enjoyed a home cooked meal before relaxing in the living room by the fire.  

Back porch looking into the kitchen

View of the back of 35 River Road

Sheep from the patio!

Back Patio...used for star gazing!

En route to Havelock North, we stopped to admire lake Taupo and an impressive waterfall just off the highway.  We encountered some rain on the drive through the mountains and introduced M and D to the joy that is driving on the impossibly windy New Zealand roads!  On the road we....

Jumped for joy....unfortunately, the pic of J, M and I all jumping at once was lost on my camera!

Stopped for horses in jackets....

Ate lunch at a cheese factory....

Drove through a town where each business had a corrugated metal sign or structure...

Saw a wonderful surprise waterfall....

Prayed on a dang stump....

And took more pics of the corrugated metal town!