September 5

And I wake up to it raining... darn... plans ruined for today. Geoff says that the weather comes in really realy fast and will pour and then clear up sunny day and then boom start pouring again. Weather so close to the ocean is apparently very unpredictable even more so then being in Auckland as they have some time to see it all coming over land and the mountains tend to slow it or stop the rain. All of New Zealand has a mountain chain along the west coast that provides a blocker and tends to slow the speed of the clouds which produces the nickname "Land of the Long White Cloud". Anyways not too much to say today other the it is kind of cold but the fire is going and Whatitu is sleeping on my feet keeping them warm.