W/ very little hesitation I signed up & paid the fee, changed into some "wet clothes" & headed up the hill for a fun adventure!!
See this ball below- I'm in the center of it!! ;)
I laughed out loud from the time they zippered me into the ball w/ a few gallons of nice warm water till the time my ball stopped rolling at the bottom! *FUN*
Here I've landed & being unzippered...
Out I came - feet first!!
I came out smiling saying, " oh my God that was SO MUCH FUN!!!!"
Dry clothes & onto downtown Rotorua... I had been warned, but nothing can truly prepare you for the SMELL of this city!! It reeks of sulfur ... ( it's a geo- thermal hot bed of activity)
A bit hard to see but in this park we walked thru there is literally steam rising from the ground, water boiling ( as in this pic) ....
& mud burping up from the Earth!!
But the smell...ugh!!
Okay Madelyn, Lauren & Marshall here are your pictures for the day: :) ( animals found in New Zealand)
New Zealand Gray Duck mama & 3 babies...
We see these everywhere!! On the left is mama ( a pukeko bird), & on right is her (fuzzy) baby, not quite feathered out yet.
Pair of Black swans... ( found in Asia & New Zealand)
Lesley...this is for you, I know you'd love these glasses as much as I did!! :)
We met up w- Scott's friends as I mentioned in previous post, Noel & Debbie.. ( NZ falconers), falconers were JUST licensed in NZ, these two are pioneers of the sport here... They were THRILLED to meet & talk birds w/ Scott!!
Here is Noel & Scott doing "bird talk"...while Debbie kindly made us, "cottage pie" ( aka. Shepard's pie)
I, bored of bird talk, found a friend, Max.. ( don't be jealous Frannie- I love you more!!) but Max is a cutie...(Sarah.. Fox terrier & jack Russell mix adopted...) :)
We did enjoy some of Deb's namesake wine after dinner, then enjoyed a free spot in the driveway for our camper van & a warm shower inside in the a.m!!
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