Well got up today, a bit foggy, but looks like it will be nice. We drove to Lake Rotorua ..yes we are in hamilton not Rotorura...the lake is two blocks from the city but you would never know it...you cannot see the city at all..great parks and forests as well as houses surround the lake...the walk was about 2 hours...we met police along the way who were searching for a man with altimeters who went missing...we watched and smelled for evidence the rest of the walk...

Got up and had another lovely swim before heading out...then Fred and I walked down the New Plymouth ocean pathway. Sea was much calmer than yesterday but still very rough. Amazing the huge pieces of driftwood lying on the banks...btw the banks were built with huge boulders, then the sidewalk, then another row of boulders, then a concrete wall...no erosion is going to happen here! But must have been expensive as path goes for miles! The drive was pleasant...very ...