A few pics from Ro's vacation days earlier in the week:
Hanging out with a friend at Drury Park
Ro in the middle of a slide train at Drury Park
Portrait of Sherry as taken by Ro
Ro in his makeshift fort on Mount Drury
With rain off and on for the second day in a row, we were anxious to get Ro out of the house, so we put on our rain gear and headed for The Mount. We ambled along at Ro's leisurely pace, watching him climb trees, walls, small cliffs, etc... Our plans originally were to walk around the circuit track at the base of the mountain, but we never got more than a fifth of the way around before Ro started getting cold. We detoured onto the beach on the harbour side of The Mount, which is mostly barnacle-clad boulders that Ro loved climbing on. We even found a swing that someone had recently put up hanging from one of the wind-gnarled trees along the beach.
Ro & Sherry on the harbour side of Mount Maunganui
Look what we found!
Ro enjoying the beach at the western base of Mount Maunganui. Note the sheep on the ridge above
Getting soaked again on the way home, we found a sea star on Pilot Bay beach that was about a foot across, which of course Ro wanted to keep. Hopefully it will sun-bleach nicely on our deck; at least it's more aesthetically acceptable to Sherry than that rat's skull. Searching for something to keep Ro busy without resorting to Morrowind, Sherry picked up a deck of cards at the store and Mark taught him to play War, which he absolutely loved. We're thinking that blackjack might be a good way to teach addition.
Ro enjoying a hot soak after coming in out of the rain
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