September 25

So I wake up from my rage induced coma in the car driving to Piha with Amber and Karlie. We get to the windy parts of the road and offer to drive as I know the roads a little bit. So I hop into the car and not mention to them its my first time driving. what fun! Suprisingly it was extremely comfortable not to scary and was actually enjoyable. I love driving to begin with and I am just having a ball. The ultra windy roads to Piha were such fun.... However, I hear it the whole time there that both of them get motion sick in cars especially around windy roads... oh well... I enjoy myself anyways. Get into Piha finally and give them the overall tour. They both need to get black sand and shells... ugh girls. We go up Maungaroa and we check out the gap. They both loved it.

For some strange reason however there were a TON of dead things that floated out onto the beach that day... about 2 dozen dead birds, a seal, tons of crabs, and even a penguin.... maybe its a sign about American girls... dun dun dunnn

Anyways at the gap its the first time I have seen a starfish... it was washed onto the beach so we tossed it back into the water. It was still squishy so I assume it was still alive. Anything I can do to help conserve I suppose... its neat how my project is starting to have such an affect on me.

2 comments:

Bobbie Carroll said...

Hi, Came across your blog. I live in Piha. I am very concerned about all the 'dead' things your saw in The Gap. Can you tell me moe please?

Michael DiCarlo said...

Hi I noticed you left comments but for some reason I am unable to click onto your blog page so I really cannot send you any responses other then this. If you want to reach me my email is mtdicarl@syr.edu Hope to hear from you soon