Windstorm 2010

Wind arrived late last night as forecasted, and as predicted Turoa was closed for the day. The gusts shook the house fairly hard; I joked around that in Seattle this would be called "THE WINDSTORM OF 2010" but that here in NZ it's just called a fairly heavy storm.

Hearing the wind and figuring that the mountain was likely closed, the group of us slept in, and were treated to pancakes with melted chocolate made by one of the group.

We quickly tidied the place up and then drove to Wellington. Josien and Marc kept pace with us on the motorway, so we all stopped for lunch together at an American diner. There, I found out that "milkshakes" are just chilled milk with syrup added; you have to request a "thick milkshake" to get a milkshake made with ice cream. We were all pretty underwhelmed by the place.

Getting home, we found that Wellington was just as windy as Ohakune. Now our focus is on relaxing, cleaning up a bit, and get ready for Ryan to arrive tomorrow night!!