we took pearl out for an outing today
it started off with a picnic at the dog allowed corner of Wenderholme park (where we kayaked to yesterday)
we took some pegs and pegged her down so she couldn’t run off which worked well
then we took her for a 8km walk round a new walking/biking track in Orewa.
it was really nice, but it’s been a really hot day and there was no shade on the walk after the first 10 minutes
we did a few geocaches on the way
but it took us an hour and half to do only half of it. by which time we were very hot and furthest from the shops and our water was running out
luckily we realised we must be close to the new house of some friends from church. so we gave them a ring and they kindly gave us water, and when they realised how tired we all looked (especially pearl) they gave us a lift back to our car!
the rest of the day was spent in the pool (girls) and doing the xmas jigsaw (me)
another great day!
here’s a stick insect we found whilst doing some geocaching. it dropped on to kezia’s head then in to our car. kezia thought that was a very cool thing to happen
here’s a video of me helping it back to its home. quite whizzy aren’t they?