As promised, today was finally gorgeous. We looked out the window of our hotel (the Chateau) and saw snow covered mountain tops-one of which is actually Mt Doom!! It is covered with snow, but unmistakable. Tom and Georganna did two short hikes before breakfast-one to a nice little waterfall, then we gathered up Thelma (after Tom scraped ice off the windows of the car) and headed for Wellington and the south end of the north island. After many tries, we finally found an open quilt shop and some very NZ fabric and the special brand of thread the quilters back home are anxious for.
Tomorrow is the 3 hour crossing to the south island and two nights in Nelson. Maybe some short hikes for Tom and Georg while Thelma rests up. She is doing better than when we started-this afternoon she pushed her wheelchair up the ramp and down the hall to her room. She is game for most activities that do not have long walks involved.
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Sounds like you're having a wonderful time. Way better than I am. Came down with a horrible case of the stomach flu yesterday--lost 7 pounds, though! Guess I'll have to work on becoming bolemic cause throwing up sure takes the weight off. Just really glad I didn't get it right after I ate that delicious prime rib--I'd hate to not want to eat meat again.
Now we're hoping Brian doesn't get it because tomorrow we have great (and expensive) tickets to the UCLA vs. UCSD (Kyle's team) basketball game at Pauley Pavillion. He'll be really sick if he misses that.
We'll be heading off to Las Vegas the day after New Year's, so don't know if we'll be able to respond to your blogs. Got two shows to see and will also visit some more with Steve and Jola while we are there. Actually, Jola is going with me to see "menopause, the musical" and then Brian and I will be seeing Spamalot the next day.
Keep having a good time! Hope this is everything you hoped it would be, Mom.
Love,
Janis
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